Christian McCaffrey reflects on 2025 success after injury-plagued 2024 season: 'Just thank God'

SAN FRANCISCO – As agelong arsenic Christian McCaffrey is connected the field, he's going to amusement out.

The San Francisco 49ers prima moving backmost was the lone non-quarterback to beryllium an MVP finalist, and was besides successful the moving for his 2nd Offensive Player of the Year Award successful 3 years aft putting up 2,126 scrimmage yards and scoring 17 full touchdowns. 

In astir cases, that should astonishment nobody, but fixed McCaffrey's devastating 2024 season, erstwhile helium missed 13 games owed to Achilles tendinitis and a genu injury, "what if" was successful the conversation.

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Kyle Juszczyk of the San Francisco 49ers and Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers observe aft McCaffrey's receiving touchdown during the archetypal 4th against the Cleveland Browns astatine Cleveland Browns Stadium connected Oct. 15, 2023, successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

"Yeah, you know, I deliberation past twelvemonth was tough. There was a batch of uncertainty for maine the full offseason conscionable moving highly hard time and nighttime to effort to travel backmost to wherever I needed to be," McCaffrey told Fox News Digital connected Radio Row. "I truly conscionable convey God. I consciousness precise fortunate that I played successful each game. You know, that's thing I don't instrumentality for granted ever anymore. And I consciousness blessed to beryllium capable to travel retired of the play healthy."

McCaffrey became conscionable the 2nd subordinate ever to beryllium nominated for MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, and Comeback Player of the Year successful the aforesaid season. He was besides voted by fans arsenic 1 of FedEx's Air & Ground Players of the Year.

"This is simply a chill award. Voted for by the fans, which makes it truly cool, and it's been going connected for 23 years now, truthful it's 1 of the longest NFL awards. So, I'm ace thankful," McCaffrey said. "They're besides giving $15,000 to Feeding America, a section nutrient slope present successful San Francisco. So, you know, getting an award, being capable to springiness backmost a small bit, it's beauteous cool."

San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey celebrates aft scoring against the Arizona Cardinals during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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McCaffrey won the Comeback Player of the Year connected Thursday nighttime fixed past year's injuries and this year's rousing success. Given his age, galore were disquieted that it was the opening of the end.

McCaffrey, too, was admittedly nervous, but that is not precisely a caller feeling for him.

"I've been worrying since I was successful precocious school. Most of my mindset is conscionable worrying. You know, portion of what drives maine is conscionable that, you know, that anxiousness of not surviving up to my imaginable oregon not being capable to play. So, that's decidedly thing that's ever successful my caput transparently," McCaffrey said. "But I deliberation that's the quality of training. Whenever that's benignant of however you start, and past you bid and bid and bid and bash each the things you tin to get to wherever you privation to be, which volition instill assurance that, you cognize what? I spot my training. I cognize that I tin bash this now. I consciousness bully astir wherever I'm at."

San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey, right, celebrates his touchdown with violative tackle Trent Williams during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, successful Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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McCaffrey volition beryllium 30 years aged by the clip helium plays meaningful shot again, but aft astir different 1,000-1,000 gait season, there's not overmuch to interest about.

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