Michigan Football Signee Bio: QB Dylan McCaffrey

• 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 vertical jump and a 33.5-foot power throw resulting in a Nike+ Football Rating of 71.01.

• As a senior, McCaffrey had 204 completions on 306 attempts (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 receptions for 18 yards and one touchdown.

• 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 as well as three catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns.

• In his sophomore season, McCaffrey had 167 completions on 279 attempts (59.9 percent) for 22 touchdowns 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.

• As a freshman, McCaffrey had five completions on 11 attempts for 49 yards and one interception. He also had 32 carries for 268 yards and seven touchdowns.

• 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.

• Made USA Today’s All-USA Colorado first team at quarterback as a junior and senior.

• Back-to-back Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) 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 a winning team as a freshman and led Valor Christian to back-to-back titles his junior and senior campaigns.

• 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.

• Committed to Michigan Feb. 16, 2016 during his junior year and never really looked around.

• Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and former passing game coordinator Jedd Fisch headed up McCaffrey’s recruitment.

• 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 Trophy 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 in the 100-meter dash in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He was also the world record holder in the 100-yard dash in 1956.

McCaffrey is still quite thin but luckily should have plenty of time to learn the system and bulk up during his first year or two at Michigan. Wilton Speight, John O’Korn and Brandon Peters are expected to battle it out for U-M in 2017 and, with Peters being just a year ahead of McCaffrey, there won’t be a huge need to thrust him into action too early.

Denver Post Preps Editor Neil Devlin: “I think he’s going to surpass both of [Florida quarterback] Luke Del Rio and [former Washington quarterback] Cyler Miles, frankly. Our football is okay here and everything, but usually we’re a state that produces linemen more than anything, as opposed to skill players. We just don’t have the population base that other states do; we’re not that dense. After his senior year, I’d probably say that he’s about as good as I’ve seen here, for sure.”

Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Mike Farrell: “Watching McCaffrey on film, you continue to see things that impress. He has the size of his father, former NFL receiver Ed McCaffrey, and some of the athleticism of his brother, Heisman finalist Christian McCaffrey. His ability to keep defenses honest with his feet opens things up for his arm. He can make things look very easy at this level and is just starting to become a polished pocket passer. The sky’s the limit for the Michigan commitment.”

Valor Christian Head Coach Rod Sherman: “First, I think if you saw our film throughout the year, he played extremely well as a dropback passer: five-step, seven-step, play action. Then just having a great feel in the pocket, I think he’s got a great feeling for that piece of it. … The other thing that a lot of people didn’t notice, he got us into the right play so much with kills and alerts at the line of scrimmage, that really allowed us to be in the right play against the defense we wanted to run it against. The combination of those three things are going to make him a really special quarterback at the next level and be awesome.”