Christian McCaffrey is officially a member of Madden's 99 Club

[Sir Purr]

Here are some facts from EA to put the accomplishment in perspective:

• Barry Sanders, Marshall Faulk, LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris Johnson and Adrian Peterson, are the only running backs who ever had a 99 rating
• McCaffrey is the youngest RB to get to 99
• McCaffrey, who is 23, is the youngest 99 in the game

What makes it even cooler is the fact that McCaffrey’s former college teammate at Stanford – actually the running back behind him on the depth chart – works for Electronic Arts as a Madden ratings adjustor (among other things) and was part of the team that boosted McCaffrey to a 99.


Barry J. Sanders, son of the Hall of Fame running back, started working for EA after he finished his college career at Oklahoma State. Sanders transferred there from Stanford for his final season of eligibility.


He traveled to Charlotte for Sunday’s game against the Falcons and informed McCaffrey that he was on “99 watch.” It also gave them a chance to catch up.


“Yeah, that’s wild,” McCaffrey said. “Barry J. – he’s a good dude. Now he’s helping me out here.”