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I think we should atleast have a white skill player on every team. But McCaffrey going to the Raiders, or Seahawks, Hell no that would most likely destroy his career.

His career would be over in training camp. Does anyone remember the beating Gerhart took at the hands of the black defenders during camp and practice in his rookie season at MIN? His so called teammates made sure to deliver extra hard hits and cheap-shots every time he touched the ball. There were several stories on it in the papers that were posted here. That was more than just the tradition of veterans welcoming a rookie to the NFL.

Now take that and multiply it ten times if McCaffrey were drafted by a despicable team like Seattle, who has some of the most loathsome black players in all of football. His life would be a living hell at Wigger Pete's plantation. We must hope this doesn't happen.
 

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No matter what team Christian goes to, I am confident that if he shows his ability in training camp, the hyper-jealous negroes will be specifically told not to go full out on him. Besides, once they get a whiff of his ability, they will hopefully realize the weapon that he is. Also, if he is a first round pick, there will be strict policing of the hyper envious negroes.
 
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I am hoping he lands in GB......
 
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So I was watching something on youtube called the College Gridiron Showcase - it's basically a camp for lesser known/less well regarded graduates to show their skills in front of NFL scouts. There were a number of white skill players there: Drew Morgan, Anthony Warrum, Zach Grant, Alex Jette, Drew Wolitarsky, Christians Summers, Jake Maulhardt(as a tight end), etc.

The guy who really stood out though was Seth Coate. I don't think he's ever been mentioned on the board before, he's an NAIA receiver that had 1693 yards and 25 touchdowns his senior year. He's big, runs well and has great ball skills. He didn't look at all out of place and in fact was probably the best receiver there, scoring numerous touchdowns in 1 on 1 and 7 on 7 play.

I'm really interested to see how he tests out during his pro day. If he puts up good numbers I think he is a possible draft pick.

Here's the highlight video:
 
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I am going to try to remain optimistic here, but from a playmaking ability perspective, the year 2017 might have the most white players I have ever seen (note that I am only 30 years old) at the skill positions. Below you may find a hypothetical 2017 list of our guys at the skill positions. I am only going to set the bar for six rookie WRs and 2 rookie DBs to be on a NFL roster come opening day. The list below was something I generated quickly, so I'm sure I'm missing some current active players:

RBs:
Christian McCaffrey (rookie)
Danny Woodhead
Rex Burkehead
Zach Zenner
Tyler Gaffney
Brandon Wegher
Kade Harrington (rookie) - It's a long shot, but I'm hoping he can latch on to a team like Dr. ZZ & Woody did.

Also, we can probably add in the hybrid FBs that will contribute to their respective teams: Kyle Juscyzky, Aaron Ripkowski, Andy Janovich, Danny Vitale, John Kuhn, Anthony Sherman, Sam Rogers (rookie).

WRs:
Jordy Nelson
Adam Thielen
Eric Decker
Julian Edelman
Cole Beasley
Chris Hogan
Alex Erickson
Jeff Janis
Danny Amendola
Adam Humphries
Jordan Taylor
Brian Walters
Nick Williams
Michael Campanaro
Daniel Braverman
Jace Billingsley (He was active for at least one game in 2016)
Max McCaffrey (He was active for at least one game in 2016)
Cooper Kupp (rookie)
Chad Hensen (rookie)
Drew Morgan (rookie)
Ryan Switzer (rookie)
Trent Taylor (rookie)
Jordan Westerkamp (rookie)

WRs Totals: 23

You forgot Tanner McEvoy, and you're counting your chickens before they've hatched - some of those guys are in precarious positions and will likely be gone next year. Campanaro, McCaffery, Brian Walters, Nick Williams are guys that will have trouble sticking. Who knows about dudes like Janis, Braverman and Billingsley?

That number of white wide receivers isn't really unusual. Go back to 2010 and you've got Jordy Nelson, Eric Decker, Jordan Shipley, Cooper Taylor, Kevin Walter, Brian Finneran, Austin Collie, David Anderson, Brian Hartline, Max Komar, Wes Welker, Brett Swain, Julian Edelman, John Matthews, Kevin Curtis, Chad Hall, Brandon Stokley, Greg Camarillo, Marc Mariani, Danny Amendola, Nick Miller, Danny Woodhead (he was a receiver for the Jets).

That's 22 and I may have missed a couple. Most of those guys are gone having aged out, retired due to injuries or been victims of the caste system.

The number of guys coming in really isn't as important as the number that stick and have productive careers. We've lost so many very talented wideouts over the past 10 years just due to injuries: Collie, Abbrederis, Swope, Shipley and a lot more.
 
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You forgot Tanner McEvoy, and you're counting your chickens before they've hatched - some of those guys are in precarious positions and will likely be gone next year. Campanaro, McCaffery, Brian Walters, Nick Williams are guys that will have trouble sticking. Who knows about dudes like Janis, Braverman and Billingsley?

That number of white wide receivers isn't really unusual. Go back to 2010 and you've got Jordy Nelson, Eric Decker, Jordan Shipley, Cooper Taylor, Kevin Walter, Brian Finneran, Austin Collie, David Anderson, Brian Hartline, Max Komar, Wes Welker, Brett Swain, Julian Edelman, John Matthews, Kevin Curtis, Chad Hall, Brandon Stokley, Greg Camarillo, Marc Mariani, Danny Amendola, Nick Miller, Danny Woodhead (he was a receiver for the Jets).

That's 22 and I may have missed a couple. Most of those guys are gone having aged out, retired due to injuries or been victims of the caste system.

The number of guys coming in really isn't as important as the number that stick and have productive careers. We've lost so many very talented wideouts over the past 10 years just due to injuries: Collie, Abbrederis, Swope, Shipley and a lot more.

For the sake of integrity, here are a few quick points:

* Cooper Taylor was a safety.

* Jared Abbrederis is currently signed with the Detriot Lions.

* I will add Tanner McEvoy, Marc Mariani, and Jared Abbrederis to my list which will increase my list of Wide Receivers up to 26.

With regards to the number of our guys coming in not being as important as the number that stick and have productive careers, I respectfully disagree with you.

I believe these two items are just as important and they go hand in hand. The higher the number of talent we have coming in for the skill positions, the more chances we have of more of our guys defying the caste system odds, not suffering a major injury, sticking in, and having productive careers.
 
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Nice article on Christian; there's also a highlights video at the original link. I really like what he says about race, too, he's more straightforward about it than a lot of White players at the verboten positions:

McCaffrey Checks A Lot Of Boxes For Bucs

by Scott Reynolds

SR’s Fab 5 is a collection of inside scoop, analysis and insight from yours truly, PewterReport.com publisher and Bucs beat writer Scott Reynolds. Here are a few things that caught my attention this week at One Buc Place and around the NFL.

FAB 1. McCAFFREY CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES FOR BUCS
Stanford’s do-everything running back Christian McCaffrey may not be drafted by Tampa Bay, but that doesn’t mean the team isn’t interested in him. In fact, the Bucs are intrigued by his skill set and the amount of boxes he could check for the team if the 2015 Heisman Trophy finalist were to end up in pewter and red.

With Doug Martin’s future with the team in doubt due to drug usage and a three-game suspension to start the 2017 season, the Bucs will draft a running back to replace the 28-year old rusher, who is coming off a career-low 421 yards and 2.9-yard average last year. McCaffrey will get some consideration from Tampa Bay, but the biggest concern is that he’s likely not the 19th-best prospect in the 2017 NFL Draft worthy of taking with the Bucs’ first-round pick from a value standpoint, but he’s not going to be there in the second round when Tampa Bay is on the clock again – unless general manager Jason Licht trades up.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

Of course, the Bucs could trade back from 19 and draft McCaffrey towards the end of the first round while picking up an extra selection or two to get better value. Tampa Bay could need a starting running back if it decides to part ways with Martin at some point this offseason as expected.

NFL scouts are eager to see McCaffrey at the NFL Scouting Combine where his size – listed at 6-foot, 200 pounds – and speed will be scrutinized. McCaffrey, the son of former Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, is believed to be closer to 5-foot-10 and may be under 200 pounds. Of the top 10 rushers in the NFL last season, only two players – Buffalo’s LeSean McCoy and Atlanta’s Devonta Freeman weighed below 210 pounds.

Top 10 NFL Rushers In 2016
1. Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott – 6-0, 225 – 1,631 yards
2. Chicago RB Jordan Howard – 6-0, 222 – 1,313 yards
3. Tennessee RB DeMarco Murray – 6-1, 220 – 1,287 yards
4. Miami RB Jay Ajayi – 6-0, 229 – 1,272 yards
5. Pittsburgh RB Le’Veon Bell – 6-1, 225 – 1,268 yards
6. Buffalo RB LeSean McCoy – 5-11, 208 – 1,267 yards
7. Arizona RB David Johnson – 6-1, 224 – 1,239 yards
8. New England RB LeGarrette Blount – 6-0, 250 – 1,161 yards
9. Atlanta RB Devonta Freeman – 5-8, 206 – 1,079 yards
10. Houston RB Lamar Miller – 5-10, 220 – 1,073 yards

That’s not to say smaller backs can’t be successful in the NFL. Barry Sanders, who rushed for 15,269 yards, the third-most yards in NFL history, was 5-foot-8 and weighed 203 pounds. Tampa Bay’s own Warrick Dunn was 5-foot-9 and weighed 180 pounds, and rushed 10,967 yards in his NFL career, which ranks 22nd all-time.

The thinking around the NFL is that McCaffrey may be a situational, complimentary back at the next level due to the fact that he doesn’t have the size to withstand the pounding. That’s not necessarily the opinion in Tampa Bay, though, where the team believes he could be a starting-caliber running back. It should be noted that McCaffrey did have 19 games with 20 carries or more at Stanford, and six games with 30 carries or more.

After becoming Stanford’s starter in 2015, McCaffrey carried the ball 337 times for 2,019 yards and eight touchdowns that season, in addition to catching 45 passes for 645 yards and five more scores. Factoring in his 130 yards and one touchdown on 15 punt returns and 1,070 yards and another score on 37 kick returns in 2015, McCaffrey broke Sanders’ NCAA all-purpose yardage record that season with 3,864 yards.

That’s 434 touches in one season from a 19-yard sophomore in 2015. And he didn’t miss a game due to injury.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

In his three years at Stanford, McCaffrey rushed for 3,922 yards and 21 touchdowns on 632 carries (6.2 avg.) with 99 catches for 1,206 yards (12.2 avg.), 34 punt returns for 380 yards (11.2 avg.) and one touchdown and 57 kick returns for 1,479 yards (35.9 avg.) and a TD. That’s 822 touches in his Stanford career, an average of 22 per game.

The vast majority of McCaffrey’s touches – 748 to be exact – came during his sophomore and junior seasons where he averaged 30 touches per game.

That proves to me that McCaffrey could handle 20 touches per game in the NFL between carries, catches and returns. With his unique training regimen at Stanford, McCaffrey, who is a tireless workout warrior, is built to handle such workloads.In a story on SI.com,Cardinal center Graham Shuler said this:

“Christian has that special drive, that x-factor, the ‘it factor’ – every intangible that you can measure. My favorite story about Christian, that embodies who he is: We do this thing here called the Gator Run. It’s one of our most intense off-season training things. It’s when you load up one of those utility vehicles, like a Gator, with 600 pounds in the back and three coaches are riding in it. We push it all around campus, and it’s a sprint.

“It’s really, really tough. You rotate guys pushing it. A lineman will push anywhere from three to 10 times. A tight end will push it maybe 15 times. A running back pushes it somewhere between 10 to 20 times. It’s really rare for anyone to push it over 20 times. When we did it this summer, Christian pushed it 43 times. He took 43 turns. No one told him to do that; it wasn’t the expectation. But when guys were getting tired, Christian was always right there, in the front, waiting. I hope you can imagine the chaos of 60 guys chasing a small vehicle around campus. That’s Christian in a nutshell.”

You don’t think the Bucs could use a player that amassed 6,987 yards against Pac-12 competition? Tampa Bay head coach Dirk Koetter has expressed the team’s need for speed and playmaking ability. Well McCaffrey delivered.

In 2015, McCaffrey had 369 all-purpose yards against Takkarist McKinley and UCLA. He had 389 all-purpose yards against Cal. And McCaffrey had an unbelievable 461 all-purpose yards in the Pac-12 title game against USC. Against the Trojans, McCaffrey rushed for 207 yards and a touchdown on 32 carries and had 105 yards receiving with another touchdown while adding another 149 yards in the return game.

He also set a Rose Bowl record in the Cardinal’s 45-16 rout over Iowa with 368 yards. McCaffrey rushed for 172 yards on 18 carries (9.6 avg.) and had 105 yards receiving to become the first player in the 102-year history of the Rose Bowl top 100 yards rushing and receiving in the bowl game. McCaffrey added 91 yards in returns, including a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown.

His best punt return at Stanford, a dramatic 96-yard touchdown against Kansas State, was called back due to a penalty, but it’s worth a look as his showcases his vision, his tackle-breaking ability, his acceleration and his speed.


The Castle Rock, Colorado native had 19 games of 100 yards rushing or more and five games of 200 yards rushing or more at Stanford and five more with 200 yards between rushing and receiving yards. In three of those games McCaffrey topped the 100-yard mark as a receiver, too.

McCaffrey, who is expected to run 4.5 or faster in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine later this month, had five runs of 50 yards or longer in his career with five catches of 50 yards or longer, too. He’s also had four games with at least three touchdowns.

The Stanford star could help the Bucs as a running back to alternate carries with Jacquizz Rodgers and as a receiver out of the backfield in Charles Sims’ role. The problem with Martin has become his unreliability – compounded by his suspension for drug usage. In five NFL seasons Martin has had two 1,400-yard rushing campaigns that ended with Pro Bowl acclaim. But he’s also had three seasons in which he has rushed for less than 500 yards, including a career-low 421 yards last year.

The same could be said of Sims, who had a great season in 2015 with 529 yards rushing and 561 yards receiving and four touchdowns, but missed half the season in both 2014 and 2016 due to injuries. Sims averaged a career-low 2.9 yards per carry last year while rushing for 149 yards and a touchdown and catching 32 passes for 190 yards and another score.

Like Martin, Sims has become unreliable. If McCaffrey doesn’t end up making it as a three-down running back in the NFL, he could be a very important weapon out of the backfield in Koetter’s offense and become a better version of Sims, who produced nearly 1,100 yards in that role when healthy for a full 16 games in 2015.

McCaffrey can be an effective receiver out of the backfield on swing passes, screen passes and down the field lined up as a slot receiver and down the sidelines from the backfield on wheel routes. McCaffrey has sensational hands, which is an essential trait for a running back in Koetter’s offense.

In addition to the production, McCaffrey has the intelligence and the work ethic to succeed in the NFL.According to an article on SI.com,he was an Academic All-American at Stanford, and turned down Duke, Ohio State, Oregon and UCLA coming out of Highlands Ranch Valor Christian where he broke several state records by scoring 141 touchdowns and averaging 9.8 yards per carry. McCaffrey had a 3.65 GPA and chose Stanford because it recruited him as a running back and graduated 99 percent of its football players where the other schools recruited him as athlete and not a running back.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

In the SI.com article,McCaffrey said, “The secret behind success isn’t as much of a secret as people think. It’s pretty simple. It’s working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.”

The article went on to report: “McCaffrey embraces the Stanford mentality. The locker room bears slogans such as GREATNESS IS THE RESULT OF REPEATED INTENTIONAL ACTIONS and HOME OF INTELLECTUAL BRUTALITY. He walks through, pointing out a screen with drill times and the schedule for body-fat testing, and noting the wall murals of Cardinal All-Americans and alumni in the NFL. He talks about ‘playing pissed off’ because ‘people think we’re cushy or just nerds’ and about becoming ‘a new being’ when he walks onto the field. ‘It’s about finding that animal inside of you, finding that beast that can go 60 minutes of fast, physical football.’”

McCaffrey is fast and he is physical for his size. He’s willing to bang it in between the tackles and then has the speed to run to daylight when he finds a crease.

McCaffrey is smart and has a great work ethic. And he’s also white, which is a stigma today in the NFL for a running back. All of the top 10 rushers in the NFL are African-American. In fact, all top 40 rushers in the league last year where African-American.

In the SI.com article, McCaffrey and his father discuss the discrimination he faces due to the fact that he’s a white running back.

“There are immediate stereotypes about a white running back who grew up in the suburbs of Colorado,” Ed McCaffrey said. “When we’ve gone to camps or all-star games, he walks on the field and people look at him like he’s nothing.”

That pisses off Christian McCaffrey.

“When you read about white athletes these days and white skill possession receivers specifically, one word you’ll always find is tough. You’ll rarely see explosive, athletic, stuff like that. … You get a little bit upset. ‘I ran the same 40 as this guy, and you’re calling him …’” He trails off. ‘People do the eye test and underestimate me, so I do play with a chip on my shoulder.’”


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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

White, black, brown, green – whatever color McCaffrey is – the kid can flat out play. And his skills to run and catch would be emphasized and utilized perfectly in Koetter’s offense.

Need a jolt to the Bucs’ stagnant return game, which ranked dead last in kickoff returns? Put McCaffrey back there, too. The guy can do it all.

“The year (2015) I sat out with my injury he really gashed us,” UCLA defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes said, noting McCaffrey rushed for 243 yards and four touchdowns, including a 70-yard jaunt in Stanford’s 56-35 victory. “He really killed us. We really focused our game plan on Christian McCaffrey this year and we did a much better job when I returned.”

That’s true. McCaffrey was held toonly138 yards rushing and 13 yards receiving in Stanford’s 22-13 win at UCLA. And he was held out of the end zone this time, but Vanderdoes realizes how fortunate the Bruins defense was.

“He’s a very dynamic player,” Vanderdoes said. “You can’t let a guy like that get loose. You can’t let him get out in the open and create plays or he will single-handedly destroy you. He’s a home run back. He can hit a home run at any time. You can’t take a single play off against him because he’ll take it 90 yards to the house.”

A tough back with home run ability? Check.

An athletic pass-catching back out of the backfield? Check.

A halfback pass thrower? Check, he tossed two touchdowns at Stanford.

A dangerous return man? Check.

A smart player with a great work ethic and character? Check.

McCaffrey could check a lot of boxes on Tampa Bay’s wanted trait list for running backs.

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For the sake of integrity, here are a few quick points:

* Cooper Taylor was a safety.

* Jared Abbrederis is currently signed with the Detriot Lions.

* I will add Tanner McEvoy, Marc Mariani, and Jared Abbrederis to my list which will increase my list of Wide Receivers up to 26.

With regards to the number of our guys coming in not being as important as the number that stick and have productive careers, I respectfully disagree with you.

I believe these two items are just as important and they go hand in hand. The higher the number of talent we have coming in for the skill positions, the more chances we have of more of our guys defying the caste system odds, not suffering a major injury, sticking in, and having productive careers.

I meant to put Riley Cooper.

And Abbrederis has signed a futures contract with the Lions. To say he's an NFL player with the Lions is rather misleading. It means that the Lions will try him out and then probably cut him. A lot of times guys on futures contracts get cut even before training camp to make room for others. There are always tons of white receivers trying out for teams every year. I think the Bengals alone had like 3 or 4 last year. 90% of them are cut. Quantity doesn't matter. I've seen this work plenty of times.

The point is you make a list like that AFTER training camp when the 53 man rosters are solidified. That's the list I gave you, guys that were on regular season rosters in 2010
 

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Nice article on Christian; there's also a highlights video at the original link. I really like what he says about race, too, he's more straightforward about it than a lot of White players at the verboten positions:

McCaffrey Checks A Lot Of Boxes For Bucs

by Scott Reynolds

SR’s Fab 5 is a collection of inside scoop, analysis and insight from yours truly, PewterReport.com publisher and Bucs beat writer Scott Reynolds. Here are a few things that caught my attention this week at One Buc Place and around the NFL.

FAB 1. McCAFFREY CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES FOR BUCS
Stanford’s do-everything running back Christian McCaffrey may not be drafted by Tampa Bay, but that doesn’t mean the team isn’t interested in him. In fact, the Bucs are intrigued by his skill set and the amount of boxes he could check for the team if the 2015 Heisman Trophy finalist were to end up in pewter and red.

With Doug Martin’s future with the team in doubt due to drug usage and a three-game suspension to start the 2017 season, the Bucs will draft a running back to replace the 28-year old rusher, who is coming off a career-low 421 yards and 2.9-yard average last year. McCaffrey will get some consideration from Tampa Bay, but the biggest concern is that he’s likely not the 19th-best prospect in the 2017 NFL Draft worthy of taking with the Bucs’ first-round pick from a value standpoint, but he’s not going to be there in the second round when Tampa Bay is on the clock again – unless general manager Jason Licht trades up.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

Of course, the Bucs could trade back from 19 and draft McCaffrey towards the end of the first round while picking up an extra selection or two to get better value. Tampa Bay could need a starting running back if it decides to part ways with Martin at some point this offseason as expected.

NFL scouts are eager to see McCaffrey at the NFL Scouting Combine where his size – listed at 6-foot, 200 pounds – and speed will be scrutinized. McCaffrey, the son of former Denver Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, is believed to be closer to 5-foot-10 and may be under 200 pounds. Of the top 10 rushers in the NFL last season, only two players – Buffalo’s LeSean McCoy and Atlanta’s Devonta Freeman weighed below 210 pounds.

Top 10 NFL Rushers In 2016
1. Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott – 6-0, 225 – 1,631 yards
2. Chicago RB Jordan Howard – 6-0, 222 – 1,313 yards
3. Tennessee RB DeMarco Murray – 6-1, 220 – 1,287 yards
4. Miami RB Jay Ajayi – 6-0, 229 – 1,272 yards
5. Pittsburgh RB Le’Veon Bell – 6-1, 225 – 1,268 yards
6. Buffalo RB LeSean McCoy – 5-11, 208 – 1,267 yards
7. Arizona RB David Johnson – 6-1, 224 – 1,239 yards
8. New England RB LeGarrette Blount – 6-0, 250 – 1,161 yards
9. Atlanta RB Devonta Freeman – 5-8, 206 – 1,079 yards
10. Houston RB Lamar Miller – 5-10, 220 – 1,073 yards

That’s not to say smaller backs can’t be successful in the NFL. Barry Sanders, who rushed for 15,269 yards, the third-most yards in NFL history, was 5-foot-8 and weighed 203 pounds. Tampa Bay’s own Warrick Dunn was 5-foot-9 and weighed 180 pounds, and rushed 10,967 yards in his NFL career, which ranks 22nd all-time.

The thinking around the NFL is that McCaffrey may be a situational, complimentary back at the next level due to the fact that he doesn’t have the size to withstand the pounding. That’s not necessarily the opinion in Tampa Bay, though, where the team believes he could be a starting-caliber running back. It should be noted that McCaffrey did have 19 games with 20 carries or more at Stanford, and six games with 30 carries or more.

After becoming Stanford’s starter in 2015, McCaffrey carried the ball 337 times for 2,019 yards and eight touchdowns that season, in addition to catching 45 passes for 645 yards and five more scores. Factoring in his 130 yards and one touchdown on 15 punt returns and 1,070 yards and another score on 37 kick returns in 2015, McCaffrey broke Sanders’ NCAA all-purpose yardage record that season with 3,864 yards.

That’s 434 touches in one season from a 19-yard sophomore in 2015. And he didn’t miss a game due to injury.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

In his three years at Stanford, McCaffrey rushed for 3,922 yards and 21 touchdowns on 632 carries (6.2 avg.) with 99 catches for 1,206 yards (12.2 avg.), 34 punt returns for 380 yards (11.2 avg.) and one touchdown and 57 kick returns for 1,479 yards (35.9 avg.) and a TD. That’s 822 touches in his Stanford career, an average of 22 per game.

The vast majority of McCaffrey’s touches – 748 to be exact – came during his sophomore and junior seasons where he averaged 30 touches per game.

That proves to me that McCaffrey could handle 20 touches per game in the NFL between carries, catches and returns. With his unique training regimen at Stanford, McCaffrey, who is a tireless workout warrior, is built to handle such workloads.In a story on SI.com,Cardinal center Graham Shuler said this:

“Christian has that special drive, that x-factor, the ‘it factor’ – every intangible that you can measure. My favorite story about Christian, that embodies who he is: We do this thing here called the Gator Run. It’s one of our most intense off-season training things. It’s when you load up one of those utility vehicles, like a Gator, with 600 pounds in the back and three coaches are riding in it. We push it all around campus, and it’s a sprint.

“It’s really, really tough. You rotate guys pushing it. A lineman will push anywhere from three to 10 times. A tight end will push it maybe 15 times. A running back pushes it somewhere between 10 to 20 times. It’s really rare for anyone to push it over 20 times. When we did it this summer, Christian pushed it 43 times. He took 43 turns. No one told him to do that; it wasn’t the expectation. But when guys were getting tired, Christian was always right there, in the front, waiting. I hope you can imagine the chaos of 60 guys chasing a small vehicle around campus. That’s Christian in a nutshell.”

You don’t think the Bucs could use a player that amassed 6,987 yards against Pac-12 competition? Tampa Bay head coach Dirk Koetter has expressed the team’s need for speed and playmaking ability. Well McCaffrey delivered.

In 2015, McCaffrey had 369 all-purpose yards against Takkarist McKinley and UCLA. He had 389 all-purpose yards against Cal. And McCaffrey had an unbelievable 461 all-purpose yards in the Pac-12 title game against USC. Against the Trojans, McCaffrey rushed for 207 yards and a touchdown on 32 carries and had 105 yards receiving with another touchdown while adding another 149 yards in the return game.

He also set a Rose Bowl record in the Cardinal’s 45-16 rout over Iowa with 368 yards. McCaffrey rushed for 172 yards on 18 carries (9.6 avg.) and had 105 yards receiving to become the first player in the 102-year history of the Rose Bowl top 100 yards rushing and receiving in the bowl game. McCaffrey added 91 yards in returns, including a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown.

His best punt return at Stanford, a dramatic 96-yard touchdown against Kansas State, was called back due to a penalty, but it’s worth a look as his showcases his vision, his tackle-breaking ability, his acceleration and his speed.


The Castle Rock, Colorado native had 19 games of 100 yards rushing or more and five games of 200 yards rushing or more at Stanford and five more with 200 yards between rushing and receiving yards. In three of those games McCaffrey topped the 100-yard mark as a receiver, too.

McCaffrey, who is expected to run 4.5 or faster in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine later this month, had five runs of 50 yards or longer in his career with five catches of 50 yards or longer, too. He’s also had four games with at least three touchdowns.

The Stanford star could help the Bucs as a running back to alternate carries with Jacquizz Rodgers and as a receiver out of the backfield in Charles Sims’ role. The problem with Martin has become his unreliability – compounded by his suspension for drug usage. In five NFL seasons Martin has had two 1,400-yard rushing campaigns that ended with Pro Bowl acclaim. But he’s also had three seasons in which he has rushed for less than 500 yards, including a career-low 421 yards last year.

The same could be said of Sims, who had a great season in 2015 with 529 yards rushing and 561 yards receiving and four touchdowns, but missed half the season in both 2014 and 2016 due to injuries. Sims averaged a career-low 2.9 yards per carry last year while rushing for 149 yards and a touchdown and catching 32 passes for 190 yards and another score.

Like Martin, Sims has become unreliable. If McCaffrey doesn’t end up making it as a three-down running back in the NFL, he could be a very important weapon out of the backfield in Koetter’s offense and become a better version of Sims, who produced nearly 1,100 yards in that role when healthy for a full 16 games in 2015.

McCaffrey can be an effective receiver out of the backfield on swing passes, screen passes and down the field lined up as a slot receiver and down the sidelines from the backfield on wheel routes. McCaffrey has sensational hands, which is an essential trait for a running back in Koetter’s offense.

In addition to the production, McCaffrey has the intelligence and the work ethic to succeed in the NFL.According to an article on SI.com,he was an Academic All-American at Stanford, and turned down Duke, Ohio State, Oregon and UCLA coming out of Highlands Ranch Valor Christian where he broke several state records by scoring 141 touchdowns and averaging 9.8 yards per carry. McCaffrey had a 3.65 GPA and chose Stanford because it recruited him as a running back and graduated 99 percent of its football players where the other schools recruited him as athlete and not a running back.

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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

In the SI.com article,McCaffrey said, “The secret behind success isn’t as much of a secret as people think. It’s pretty simple. It’s working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.”

The article went on to report: “McCaffrey embraces the Stanford mentality. The locker room bears slogans such as GREATNESS IS THE RESULT OF REPEATED INTENTIONAL ACTIONS and HOME OF INTELLECTUAL BRUTALITY. He walks through, pointing out a screen with drill times and the schedule for body-fat testing, and noting the wall murals of Cardinal All-Americans and alumni in the NFL. He talks about ‘playing pissed off’ because ‘people think we’re cushy or just nerds’ and about becoming ‘a new being’ when he walks onto the field. ‘It’s about finding that animal inside of you, finding that beast that can go 60 minutes of fast, physical football.’”

McCaffrey is fast and he is physical for his size. He’s willing to bang it in between the tackles and then has the speed to run to daylight when he finds a crease.

McCaffrey is smart and has a great work ethic. And he’s also white, which is a stigma today in the NFL for a running back. All of the top 10 rushers in the NFL are African-American. In fact, all top 40 rushers in the league last year where African-American.

In the SI.com article, McCaffrey and his father discuss the discrimination he faces due to the fact that he’s a white running back.

“There are immediate stereotypes about a white running back who grew up in the suburbs of Colorado,” Ed McCaffrey said. “When we’ve gone to camps or all-star games, he walks on the field and people look at him like he’s nothing.”

That pisses off Christian McCaffrey.

“When you read about white athletes these days and white skill possession receivers specifically, one word you’ll always find is tough. You’ll rarely see explosive, athletic, stuff like that. … You get a little bit upset. ‘I ran the same 40 as this guy, and you’re calling him …’” He trails off. ‘People do the eye test and underestimate me, so I do play with a chip on my shoulder.’”


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Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey – Photo by: Getty Images

White, black, brown, green – whatever color McCaffrey is – the kid can flat out play. And his skills to run and catch would be emphasized and utilized perfectly in Koetter’s offense.

Need a jolt to the Bucs’ stagnant return game, which ranked dead last in kickoff returns? Put McCaffrey back there, too. The guy can do it all.

“The year (2015) I sat out with my injury he really gashed us,” UCLA defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes said, noting McCaffrey rushed for 243 yards and four touchdowns, including a 70-yard jaunt in Stanford’s 56-35 victory. “He really killed us. We really focused our game plan on Christian McCaffrey this year and we did a much better job when I returned.”

That’s true. McCaffrey was held toonly138 yards rushing and 13 yards receiving in Stanford’s 22-13 win at UCLA. And he was held out of the end zone this time, but Vanderdoes realizes how fortunate the Bruins defense was.

“He’s a very dynamic player,” Vanderdoes said. “You can’t let a guy like that get loose. You can’t let him get out in the open and create plays or he will single-handedly destroy you. He’s a home run back. He can hit a home run at any time. You can’t take a single play off against him because he’ll take it 90 yards to the house.”

A tough back with home run ability? Check.

An athletic pass-catching back out of the backfield? Check.

A halfback pass thrower? Check, he tossed two touchdowns at Stanford.

A dangerous return man? Check.

A smart player with a great work ethic and character? Check.

McCaffrey could check a lot of boxes on Tampa Bay’s wanted trait list for running backs.

https://pr.kinsta.com/srs-fab-5-mccaffrey-checks-a-lot-of-boxes-for-bucs-in-the-hunt-for-hunt/

I am happy as long he doesn't end up on a black quarterback led team. Nobody wants to see a black quarterback riding his coattails.
 

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Now take that and multiply it ten times if McCaffrey were drafted by a despicable team like Seattle, who has some of the most loathsome black players in all of football. His life would be a living hell at Wigger Pete's plantation. We must hope this doesn't happen.

Thankfully, many of the teams with the blackest rosters and most Afrocentric "team culture" are relatively set at RB. Many are at least 2-deep with players currently under contract...

Seattle has Rawls, Prosise, and Collins.

Oakland has Murray and Washington.

Pittsburgh has Bell and Williams.

Buffalo has McCoy, Gillislee, and Reggie Bust.

Tennessee has Murray, Henry, and Andrews.

Arizona has Johnson and Ellington.

The Giants worry me, as they have very little at RB aside from the talented scat-back, Vereen.
 

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Oakland is not happy with Murray, and for good reason as he's an average talent at best, and he's a free agent who could well sign with another team. Black Jack Del Rio ruined Matt Jones by taking him in '05, I wouldn't put it past him to take McCaffrey. Hopefully it won't happen, but the reality at this point is that nobody has a clue which team is going to end up taking Christian. The recent history of drafted White RBs would indicate that he'll go to a team that already has a top running back.
 
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So I was watching something on youtube called the College Gridiron Showcase - it's basically a camp for lesser known/less well regarded graduates to show their skills in front of NFL scouts. There were a number of white skill players there: Drew Morgan, Anthony Warrum, Zach Grant, Alex Jette, Drew Wolitarsky, Christians Summers, Jake Maulhardt(as a tight end), etc.

The guy who really stood out though was Seth Coate. I don't think he's ever been mentioned on the board before, he's an NAIA receiver that had 1693 yards and 25 touchdowns his senior year. He's big, runs well and has great ball skills. He didn't look at all out of place and in fact was probably the best receiver there, scoring numerous touchdowns in 1 on 1 and 7 on 7 play.

I'm really interested to see how he tests out during his pro day. If he puts up good numbers I think he is a possible draft pick.

Here's the highlight video:
Awesome highlights, but when was the last time anybody was actually drafted from a NAIA school?
 

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Dumb question here...is there a possibility that the negroes on any team that drafts Christian will go out of their way to severely injure him and end his career because he is white and the best rb to come out of college in many years? I ask as my high school buddy went to an American university had legit 4.3 40 as a rb and they tried to break his legs during practice, he ended up going to a Canadian university but the damage was done and he was never the same
 

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Dumb question here...is there a possibility that the negroes on any team that drafts Christian will go out of their way to severely injure him and end his career because he is white and the best rb to come out of college in many years? I ask as my high school buddy went to an American university had legit 4.3 40 as a rb and they tried to break his legs during practice, he ended up going to a Canadian university but the damage was done and he was never the same

You answered your own question. Toby Gerhart's "teammates" pounded him as hard as they could during his first training camp with the Vikings, as has been noted a number of times in different posts. But the greater injury danger comes from opponents. White receivers are always targets of head hunters; there will undoubtedly be black players who don't like McCaffrey because he's a White running back, because of all the media attention he's received, because he went to Stanford and was so successful, because he's from an upper class background, etc.

When the league is so imbalanced racially, and with no one allowed to talk honestly about black racism against Whites -- and in fact many cultural communists maintain that blacks are incapable of racism because they're "oppressed" -- it's a very difficult situation for White receivers, running backs, safeties, and cornerbacks (if there were any). Christian will never be regarded as a "pioneer" and treated with sympathy the way blacks always are. The number one, ironclad rule of cultural communism is that Whites can never be treated sympathetically on racial grounds.
 

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I am sure Christian, his father and management team are aware of the jealous negroes attempts to injure Gerhart. They will make their concerns known to whoever drafts him.
 

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I am sure Christian, his father and management team are aware of the jealous negroes attempts to injure Gerhart. They will make their concerns known to whoever drafts him.

They can try and make their concerns known, although I don't know how that's done without being "politically incorrect," and even if they do somehow, that's hardly going to have an effect on the black players on the 32 different teams. A head coach telling his team not to try and injure McCaffrey is only to make some more determined to do so.
 

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I meant the team that actually selects him in the 1st round.
 
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Awesome highlights, but when was the last time anybody was actually drafted from a NAIA school?

Admittedly it's a long shot at best, and as far as I can tell nobody has been drafted out of an NAIA school in a long time. Most likely he'll have to come in as as a priority free agent (like Billingsley did out of the NAIA) .

But there is a slim chance he could be drafted. Moritz Bohringer was drafted out of the German Football League last year, and that's a lesser level of comp than NAIA, in my opinion. This kid probably doesn't have the athleticism of Bohringer, but he's much more polished as a receiver.
 

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Awesome highlights, but when was the last time anybody was actually drafted from a NAIA school?
Very true. And some of the best college football that you will ever see is at an NAIA contest. NAIA is not part of the NCAA "drop down", they are a separate entity altogether. Since NCAA is the NFL farm system, NAIA is looked at with scorn despite some of the great (both black and white) talent there. Needless to say, the best teams are overwhelmingly white. http://www.naia.org/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=100297
 

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The size argument with McCaffrey is ridiculous. They are knocking him for his size but pumping up Dalvin Cook to be a top 10 pick.
 

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You answered your own question. Toby Gerhart's "teammates" pounded him as hard as they could during his first training camp with the Vikings, as has been noted a number of times in different posts. But the greater injury danger comes from opponents. White receivers are always targets of head hunters; there will undoubtedly be black players who don't like McCaffrey because he's a White running back, because of all the media attention he's received, because he went to Stanford and was so successful, because he's from an upper class background, etc.

When the league is so imbalanced racially, and with no one allowed to talk honestly about black racism against Whites -- and in fact many cultural communists maintain that blacks are incapable of racism because they're "oppressed" -- it's a very difficult situation for White receivers, running backs, safeties, and cornerbacks (if there were any). Christian will never be regarded as a "pioneer" and treated with sympathy the way blacks always are. The number one, ironclad rule of cultural communism is that Whites can never be treated sympathetically on racial grounds.
Totally agree.

However, I think whites bear a lot of the blame for that themselves, they are soft mentally and allow themselves to be bullied, do you think Bill Romanowski took any ****? No and he won four superbowls and played 16 years in the league because of its. A lot of white players dont have that aggressiveness and desire to do damage, which results in blacks not fearing them. Just as an example I'll use Miles Burris and Ben Heeney, easily talented enough linebackers to start in the league, but mentally they are not there, they have no mean streak, Burris is done forever, and Heeney will never start again.
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Another afflete was invited to the combine even though he did much worse than Chad Kelly (and apparently more issues are yet to be exposed):

MMQB's Albert Breer believes Florida State RB Dalvin Cook's "off-field questions" will prevent him from going ahead of LSU's Leonard Fournette.

In 2015, Cook was suspended after getting charged with punching a woman in the face outside a Tallahassee bar. Cook was found not guilty of misdemeanor battery in the incident, which wasn't caught on tape. In 2014, Cook received a citation for a violation of animal care after allegedly leaving three pitbull puppies chained up by the neck in an unsheltered area. Those are reportedly not the only encounters Cook had with police at Florida State.
 

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Another afflete was invited to the combine even though he did much worse than Chad Kelly (and apparently more issues are yet to be exposed):

MMQB's Albert Breer believes Florida State RB Dalvin Cook's "off-field questions" will prevent him from going ahead of LSU's Leonard Fournette.

In 2015, Cook was suspended after getting charged with punching a woman in the face outside a Tallahassee bar. Cook was found not guilty of misdemeanor battery in the incident, which wasn't caught on tape. In 2014, Cook received a citation for a violation of animal care after allegedly leaving three pitbull puppies chained up by the neck in an unsheltered area. Those are reportedly not the only encounters Cook had with police at Florida State.

Dat black privilege.
 
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