49ers RB Christian McCaffrey ‘feeling great’ after tough 2024

Limited to four games last season due to injuries, San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey is fully recovered and participating in the team’s offseason program, which began Tuesday.

McCaffrey, 28, missed the first eight games of the 2024 season due to bilateral Achilles tendinitis, then sat out the final five games with a posterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee.

#49ers RB Christian McCaffrey says he has no restrictions from previous injuries and is participating fully in the offseason program.

— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) April 22, 2025

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“I’m feeling great,” McCaffrey told reporters. “It’s been such a smooth process, a lot of hard work. As soon as that injury happened in Buffalo (in Week 13), I was kind of. . . . This was my goal, to not miss a day of OTAs, be back, ready to go, with nothing hindering me, and that’s where I’m at.”

A two-time All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl selection, Christian McCaffrey was able to said he was able to train at full speed early in the offseason.

“It’s been great,” McCaffrey said. “Yeah, everything’s been really smooth, and pumped to be back here.”

Christian McCaffrey finishes the season with 50 carries for 202 yards plus 15 receptions for 146 yards. He had no touchdowns.

In 2023, McCaffrey led the NFL with 2,203 yards from scrimmage, 21 touchdowns from scrimmage and 1,459 rushing yards and was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year.

He has 6,387 career rushing yards on 1,347 carries (4.7 yards per attempt) and 52 touchdowns on the ground. He also has 524 catches for 4,466 yards and 29 scores.

–Field Level Media

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Dealing with a busy offseason, the San Francisco 49ers began their off-season workout program on Tuesday. Many of their recent roster moves anticipated a change in their salary sheet as starting quarterback Brock Purdy awaits an extension, the first of his career.

Many players in Purdy’s situation would elect to sit out of the team’s offseason work, but Purdy was in attendance, per ESPN‘s Adam Schefter.

George Kittle, who has been a key contributor for San Francicso since being drafted in the 5th round of the 2017 NFL Draft, is a different story.

Like Purdy, Kittle is in contract discussions for a new deal, but the six-time Pro Bowler did not attend day one of the 49ers voluntary off-season workout program, per Schefter.

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Purdy in attendance for offseason workouts, no Kittle

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