The reigning Offensive Player of the Year hasn’t touched the field during the preseason while dealing with a calf injury. However, that isn’t scaring people off from predicting another huge season in 2024 for Christian McCaffrey. On nearly 340 touches, McCaffrey finished with 1,459 rushing yards, 564 receiving yards, and 21 total touchdowns in 2023.
With the 49ers targeting another deep run into January and February, McCaffrey will be the focal point of the offense—Cynthia Frelund of NFL.com projects McCaffrey to lead the NFL in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, total touches, and total touchdowns.
Rushing Yards - 1,398
Frelund’s projection model has McCaffrey repeating as the NFL’s rushing king for the first time since Derrick Henry accomplished the feat in 2019 and 2020.