FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2016, file photo, Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey, left, runs past Iowa defensive back Jordan Lomax during the first half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

 Mark J. Terrill

2.Β Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford. As good as Ka’Deem Carey was at Arizona, gaining 1,885 yards as a 2013 junior, McCaffrey obliterated those numbers. He rushed for 2,019 yards, caught passes for 645 more, and was the nation’s most feared and productive kickoff- and punt-return man. It won’t take long to determine if McCaffrey will win the Heisman he probably should’ve won last year. Stanford’s first six games are ridiculously difficult: UCLA, USC, Washington, Notre Dame, Washington State and Kansas State.Β 

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