Stanford will have to face North Carolina without its best offensive player in the Sun Bowl later this month, as running back Christian McCaffrey has announced he will not be taking part in the game.
McCaffrey, who recently declared for the NFL Draft, wrote on Twitter Monday morning that he has decided to skip Stanford’s bowl game.
— Christian McCaffrey (@CMccaffrey5) December 19, 2016
McCaffrey is the second prominent player who has chosen to pass on his team’s bowl game to avoid risking injury.
You have to wonder if what happened with former Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith in the Fiesta Bowl last year has led to more players wanting to avoid the risk. Smith tore his ACL and MCL in his team’s bowl game, and the injury resulted in him slipping down the draft board and missing his entire rookie season.
