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Christian McCaffrey Logs Third 2,000-Yard Season as 49ers Chase NFC Top Seed

The 181-yard night versus Chicago placed him alongside LaDainian Tomlinson for three seasons meeting the 2,000-yard, 15-touchdown benchmark.

Overview

  • McCaffrey totaled 140 rushing yards, 41 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 42-38 Week 17 victory over the Bears.
  • His season tally sits at 2,069 yards from scrimmage with one regular-season game remaining.
  • Only Marshall Faulk, Eric Dickerson and Walter Payton have more 2,000-yard-from-scrimmage seasons, with four each.
  • McCaffrey and Tomlinson are the only players to record three seasons of at least 2,000 scrimmage yards and 15 total touchdowns.
  • San Francisco is 12-4 and still in contention for the NFC’s top seed entering a Week 18 home finale against Seattle, while McCaffrey duels Bijan Robinson for the league scrimmage-yards lead.