He's leading the Power 5 schools in All purpose yards. So he's showing he can do a little bit of everything.
McCaffrey’s grandfather (Lisa’s dad), David Sime, was a world-record sprinter who took silver at the 1960 Olympics in the 100 meter-dash. His uncle, Billy McCaffrey, played basketball at Duke and Vanderbilt in the early ‘90s. Lisa herself played soccer at Stanford. And his father, Ed – you may remember him as a former All-Pro receiver for the two-time Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos.
In fact, an off-handed
joke by Lisa in a 1998 Sports Illustrated profile on Ed has proven prophetic. With then 2-year-old Christian and 4-year old brother Max (now a senior receiver at Duke) running afoot during their interview, she joked to reporter Michael Silver, “That’s why Ed and I got together -- so we could breed fast white guys.”