49ers reward RB Christian McCaffrey with 2-year extension

[Auggie]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Reigning Offensive Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey once again has reset the running back market, signing a two-year extension with the San Francisco 49ers averaging $19 million per year, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

McCaffrey will receive an additional $8 million over what he was scheduled to make in 2024 and 2025 while adding $24 million in guarantees. The deal was negotiated by WME Football.

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His new deal will keep him with the 49ers through the 2027 season. Before the reworked deal, McCaffrey had two years remaining on the lucrative extension he signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2020.

But those two seasons had zero remaining guaranteed dollars in base salaries of $11.8 million in 2024 and $12 million in 2025. The extension guarantees all of that and comes with $8 million more for McCaffrey.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40276938/sources-49ers-give-christian-mccaffrey-2-year-38m-extension

In 2023 McCaffrey posted 2,023 yards from scrimmage and scored 21 total touchdowns.

[Lovie777]

1. He's worth it............................

Also like me some Brock Purdy.

[jimfields33]

3. Sure the hell is.

I went to high school with Ed McCaffrey, his father. That family is the real deal.

[calguy]

2. Loved him playing for the Stanford Cardinal

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Love him even more playing for San Francisco. He was always supposed to be a Forty Niner, and I'm so glad that he's home, right where he's supposed to be, and where he should play the rest of his career.

I remember being season ticket holders to Stanford football and taking my young son to watch his dad Ed make those incredible catches, along with a slew of other great players. I don't live in CA anymore, but both my son and myself are life-long Forty Niner and Cardinal fans.

[roscoeroscoe]

4. Niner fan for life!

I ran across a great Niner fan group on FB, the Houston Niner Empire; I sent a few dollars for their swag kit. Awesome! Their art features an astronaut Niner!