Colorado native Christian McCaffrey of the Carolina Panthers was rewarded for his eye-popping production Monday.
McCaffrey agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $64 million, according to multiple reports, giving him an average salary of $16 million that tops the running back pay scale.
McCaffrey, who turns 24 in June, is under contract with the Panthers through the 2025 season. He has 2020 and the 2021 fifth-year option remaining on his rookie deal.
The eighth overall draft pick in 2017, McCaffrey, the son of former Broncos receiver Ed McCaffrey and a Valor Christian High graduate, ranks among the league’s top players:
*Rushing: Eighth in carries (623), fifth in rushing yards (2,920) and tied for eighth in rushing touchdowns (24).