5:18 PM ET Bryan Ives, Stats & Information There are 50 days to go until the college football season. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some notable 50s. THE 50-YARD MAN Christian McCaffrey Last Season All-Purpose Yards Sanders(1988) McCaffrey(2015) Rush 2,628* 2,019 Rec 106 645 Punt ret 95 130 Kick ret 421 1,070 Total 3,250 3,864* *FBS record No other player reached the number 50 more often than Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey last season. The do-it-all running back notched an FBS-high nine all-purpose plays of at least 50 yards last season on his way to finishing second in Heisman voting. This included rushes, receptions and returns. Those big plays helped McCaffrey crush Barry Sanders’ single-season record for all-purpose yards, set nearly 30 years ago in Sanders’ Heisman Trophy-winning season of 1988. McCaffrey racked up 3,864 all-purpose yards and those nine 50-yard plays helped set the record; they totaled 636 yards (a 70.67 yard average,) and McCaffrey finished with 614 more all-purpose yards than Sanders. Two of those 50-yard plays came in McCaffrey’s record-setting Rose Bowl performance. The sophomore scored on a 75-yard pass from Kevin Hogan on the first play from scrimmage. He would later add a 63-yard…
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