Very little went right for the San Francisco 49ers in 2024, but one undoubted bright spot was the play of running back Jordan Mason.
With Christian McCaffrey out of the lineup, as he dealt with Achilles tendinitis for the first eight games of the season, Mason thrived, racking up three 100-yard games in the first four weeks. Only once in his eight starts did he fail to record at least 50 yards on the ground.
Mason appeared primed to finish an impressive year with a 1,000-yard campaign when McCaffrey went down with a knee injury against the Buffalo Bills, only for Mason to suffer a season-ending high ankle sprain later in the same game.