SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey was added to the team's injury report with a calf injury three days before the season opener.

McCaffrey was listed as limited at practice on Thursday with the injury after he had no disclosed health issues for all of training camp following an injury-plagued 2024 season.

McCaffrey missed almost all of training camp last season with what the team initially called a calf injury but was expected to be ready for the start of the season. But McCaffrey was a late scratch for that game with bilateral Achilles tendinitis.

McCaffrey went to Germany to see a specialist and missed the first eight games of the season. He returned to play four games before going down with a season-ending knee injury in Week 13 in Buffalo

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