The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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38 THE WOLVERINE MARCH 2017 2017 FOOTBALL RECRUITING ISSUE MEASURABLES • At Nike's The Opening, McCaffrey ran a 4.87 40-yard dash and a 4.63 20-yard shuttle. He also recorded a 30.3-inch ver- tical jump and a 33.5-foot power throw resulting in a Nike+ Football Rating of 71.01. STATISTICS • As a senior, McCaffrey had 204 completions on 306 at- tempts (66.7 percent) for 2,796 yards, 31 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also ran the ball 107 times for 579 yards and 10 touchdowns while pulling down two recep- tions for 18 yards and two scores. • During his junior year, McCaffrey had 207 completions on 320 attempts (64.7 percent) for 2,800 yards, 27 touchdowns and four interceptions. He carried the ball 128 times for 592 yards and 13 touchdowns, and posted three catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns. • In his sophomore season, McCaffrey had 167 completions on 279 attempts (59.9 percent) for 2,378 yards, 22 touch- downs and six interceptions. He carried the ball 85 times for 296 yards and six touchdowns and also caught one pass for a 22-yard touchdown. HONORS • Won the 2016 Denver Post Gold Helmet award given to the best high school football player, scholar and citizen in the state of Colorado every year. • Named Colorado's Gatorade Football Player of the Year in his final campaign. • Earned honorable mention All-America honors from Parade. • Finalist for the Maxwell Football Club's National High School Player of the Year award. • Made USA Today's All-USA Colorado first team at quarter- back as a junior and senior. • Back-to-back Colorado High School Activities Association Class 5A (largest classification) Football Player of the Year and All-State first-team honoree. • Also made the Denver Post All-Colorado football squad each of his last two years; the newspaper dubbed him, "one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever come out of this state." He was an honorable mention on the outlet's all-state team as a sophomore signal-caller. • Made the MaxPreps 2015 Junior All-America team as an athlete. • Played in four straight Class 5A state title games. Was a part of the winning team as a freshman and led Valor Chris- tian to back-to-back titles his junior and senior campaigns. ALL-STAR GAMES AND CAMPS • Participated in the Army All-American Game Jan. 7, 2017. • Played in the Polynesian Bowl Jan. 21, 2017. • Selected to the Elite 11 quarterback finals at The Opening July 6-7, 2016. • Attended the Aerial Assault and Bright Lights Big House camps at Michigan. RECRUITMENT • Committed to Michigan Feb. 16, 2016 during his junior year. • Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and former passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch headed up McCaffrey's recruit- ment. NOTABLE • Born Mar. 25, 1999. • His team went 46-9 in his high school career. • His father, Ed, played football at Stanford and in the NFL with the Giants, 49ers and Broncos. Ed was a three-time Super Bowl winner, once with the 49ers and twice with the Broncos. • His mother, Lisa played soccer at Stanford. • His oldest brother, Max, played wide receiver for Duke and is currently on the Green Bay Packers. • McCaffrey's brother Christian played running back at Stanford and will be in the NFL Draft later this year. Christian was a consensus first-team All-American and Heisman Tro- phy runner-up in 2015. • Younger brother Luke is two years behind Dylan at Valor Christian and plays safety, is the third-string quarterback, and returns punts and kickoffs. • His maternal grandfather was a silver medalist in the 100-meter dash during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He was also the world record holder in the 100-yard dash in 1956. DYLAN MCCAFFREY QUARTERBACK 6-5 • 197 VALOR CHRISTIAN H.S. HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 131 7 (Pro-style) 1 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 134 9 2 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 204 6 (Pro-style) 3 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 117 6 (Pocket) 1 The four-star McCaffrey comes from an athletic family that includes a father who won three Super Bowls, a mother who played Division I soccer, a brother who was a Heisman finalist and another brother who was on the Green Bay Packers' roster this past season. PHOTO BY BRANDON BROWN RIVALS.COM NATIONAL RECRUITING ANALYST MIKE FARRELL "His ability to keep defenses honest with his feet opens things up for his arm. … The sky's the limit."