McCaffrey's last 5 games will get you excited.

[panther4life]

Briefly, I will eat my crow about him not being a top 10 prospect. I didn't see it and was very vocal about it. Once the pick was in I immediately embraced him as he's a Panther now. Upon further review these are some some reasons for optimism and confirmation for his supporters from the beginning.

In his last 5 career college games McCaffrey absolutely exploded.Check out these stats from just his last 5 games.

133 Carries or 26.6 Carries per game-

991 Yards

7.48 YPC 

10 Rushing TD's.

17 receptions for 130 yards or 7.64 yards per reception.

2 Receiving TD's.

That's 150 touches for 1121 yards and 12 TD's in his last 5 games plus 8 KR's and 3 Punt returns. This shows the kid can be a workhorse in the right system.

I'm sure its been mentioned before but he killed the combine as well.

His 4.48 40 yard dash was tied for 4th for all participating RB'S and he edged out all top RB prospects.

His 11.03 60 yard shuttle was 2nd among all participants at the cobmine and number 1 for RB's.

His 37.5 vertical was was tied for 2nd amongst participating RB's. Kamara was the only other top prospect above him here(39.5).

All of this explains why he saw no need for private workouts.  This kid has quite an impressive resume for someone who's only 20 (21 in July) and just oozes of the prototypical character/ locker room presence the Panthers have always desired. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[t96]

His game speed is even faster than that 4.48 suggests too. 

[OneBadCat]

He solves a lot of problems immediately day one. I just hope Shula gets creative. 

[4Corners]

UNC fan here - we were extremely lucky he didn't play vs us in bowl game. Probably would have lit us up.