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Signs point to big workload for Panthers' Christian McCaffrey

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey has had a busy offseason between helping save the life of a 72-year-old hiker who fell off a cliff in Colorado, hosting his first football camp for kids and learning a different system from new offensive coordinator Norv Turner.

Coach Ron Rivera expects the eighth overall pick of the 2017 draft to have a busy season as well.

Rivera said Monday that he sees no reason the former Stanford star can't reach 200 carries after getting only 117 as a rookie.

"Everybody forgets when he was in college he ran between the tackles more than anybody and he touched the ball more than anybody," Rivera said.