Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey exits vs. Texans

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is out for the rest of the Texans-Panthers contest with a hamstring injury, according to Field Yates of ESPN.

With McCaffrey out, it’s obviously a massive blow for the Carolina Panthers and their offense, since McCaffrey is one of the top running backs in the NFL.

Here is the play on which he appeared to suffer the hamstring injury.

Christian McCaffrey has been ruled OUT for the rest of #TNF with a hamstring injury, per FOX #KeepPounding pic.twitter.com/ScfHUjMUSO

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) September 24, 2021

Before he exited with the injury, he had seven rushing attempts in the game for 31 rushing yards. The former Stanford product also hauled in two catches for nine yards.

So far this season, McCaffrey has hauled in over 100 rushing yards and over 100 receiving yards for the Panthers. He’s long been one of the best all-purpose backs in the NFL, so he’s going to be missed and in the biggest of ways.

So far in his highly decorated career with the Panthers, McCaffrey has rushed for over 3,300 rushing yards and hauled in over 2,800 receiving yards.

McCaffrey college highlights

Christian McCaffrey finished his college career at Stanford as one of the most decorated running backs to ever play the game. While he didn’t win the Heisman Trophy, in 2015 he broke Barry Sanders‘ single-season all-purpose yardage record of 3,250 rushing yards he set in 1998.

The record was considered one of the most difficult records for any record back to break and McCaffrey found a way to do it. In 2015, he shredded opposing defenses to the tune of 3,864 all-purpose yards. He rushed for over 2,000 rushing yards in that season, while racking up over 1,000 yards on kick returns. His 1,070 kick return yards were the third most in school history. At the time, he became one of only two FBS players to tally over 3,500 rushing yards, while hauling in over 1,200 receiving yards.

He was named first team All-American in 2015 both as a kick returner and a running back. The accolades for his 2015 season are nearly endless; he was named Associated Press Player of the Year, Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year and the Rose Bowl Offensive MVP.

High school bio

A former selection to the U.S. Army All-American game, McCaffrey was one of the most highly sought after running backs in the country coming out of high school. The Colorado native was rated as one of the top running backs in America and chose Stanford over Arizona State, Boise State, Colorado and Colorado State. He was rated as a four-star running back coming out of Valor Christian (Littleton, Colorado).