{"id":363751,"date":"2024-01-29T18:04:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363751"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T20:01:38","slug":"watch-even-in-eighth-grade-christian-mccaffrey-was-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=363751","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Even in eighth grade, Christian McCaffrey was a star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christian McCaffrey and the San Francisco 49ers are headed to the Super Bowl. But the NFL running back&#8217;s star power has been on display for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>In eighth grade, McCaffrey started in the inaugural FBU Youth All-American Bowl. Held one day after what was then the U.S. Army All-American Bowl (and is now just the All-American Bowl), the FBU Youth All-American Bowl featured the best middle school talent, broken down by grades, in the nation. The game used a classic East-West team format.<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey was a running back from Colorado who burst out onto the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>He rattled off several big runs in the middle school all-star game, making the field at the Alamodome his own. Anyone who watched that game saw hsi star potential.<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey, who has been named to the Pro Bowl three times, has the first highlight in this package. Also making the cut is former NFL running back Sony Michel:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS- FBU YOUTH ALL-AMERICAN BOWL\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3NOwOj23Lao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>McCaffrey went on to have a stellar collegiate career at Stanford. He led the NFL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3117251\/christian-mccaffrey\">in rushing this season (1,429 yards).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the NFC Championship Game, he had 92 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries as the 49ers booked their ticket to the Super Bowl with a win over the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Christian McCaffrey was a star, even in middle school.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363751"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363753,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363751\/revisions\/363753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}