49ers RB Christian McCaffrey is also a finalist for MVP and Offensive Player of the Year.
The Pro Football Writers of America announced San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey was voted the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year after missing 13 games in 2024. McCaffrey led the NFL in receiving yards by a running back and had the second-most yards from scrimmage in the league in 2025.
San Francisco’s head coach, Kyle Shanahan, said McCaffrey’s season was one of the most impressive seasons he’s ever seen by an individual player:
Just in terms of what a warrior and man he is week in, week out. People who do that every week, to do it for 17 weeks in a row, not getting a bye week until December, and then to do it these last two games, like, Christian finds a way every week.
He commits himself 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to get his body possible to go out there and compete. I’ve never been around anything like that. The dude was unbelievable. His dedication to really empty the tank every single game and to be able to do that that many games in a row is something that I’ve never really seen before.
McCaffrey remaining healthy all season speaks to his preparation. Few fans believed he’d play every game. He became the first player in NFL history to register at least five rushing touchdowns and at least five receiving touchdowns in a season. He becomes the third 49ers player to win PFWA’s Comeback Player of the Year award, joining Bryant Young (’99) and Garrison Hearst (’01).
McCaffrey is also a finalist for MVP and Offensive Player of the Year.
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