[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

You clearly minimize the skill.  Clearly.  Most great running backs can run, catch and block, not just run and block.

Hardly.  I simply don't see it as a slight that McCaffrey was honored as an all-purpose player, because that's precisely what he is.  Further, we primarily measure a back's contributions by his rushing yards, because that's their primary duty.  That does not mean it is their only duty, mind you.

He was the nation's #2 rusher.  He was #2 in receiving yards (among RBs).  He was the #3 kick returner.  And he had a pair of passing TDs to boot.  And he had more APY than any player in college football history.  If he's not an all-purpose player, who is?

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

You clearly minimize the skill.  Clearly.  Most great running backs can run, catch and block, not just run and block.

Hardly.  I simply don't see it as a slight that McCaffrey was honored as an all-purpose player, because that's precisely what he is.  Further, we primarily measure a back's contributions by his rushing yards, because that's their primary duty.  That does not mean it is their only duty, mind you.

He was the nation's #2 rusher.  He was #2 in receiving yards (among RBs).  He was the #3 kick returner.  And he had a pair of passing TDs to boot.  And he had more APY than any player in college football history.  If he's not an all-purpose player, who is?