12 NFL Players Who LOVE Jesus (and Football)

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Christian McCaffrey

Panthers at Redskins 10/14/18. Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey, also sidelined last year by injury, says he’s “playing for more than just football” on the field. Though he doesn’t think God is “looking down on me and hoping that I score touchdowns,” he does strive to perform to his “absolute best” each week.

McCaffrey, who’s from a family of football greats, wrote after getting hurt: “It’s easy to have faith when everything is going well. But a true soldier has faith in times of adversity.”

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Stephanie Martin
Stephanie Martin, a freelance writer and editor in Denver, has spent her entire 30-year journalism career in Christian publishing. She loves the Word and words, is a binge reader and grammar nut, and is fanatic (as her family can attest) about Jeopardy! and pro football.

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