The vast majority of players in the NFL adopted the game of football. Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey was born in it. He was molded by it as he waddled around the field as a toddler after his father, All-Pro wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos just as Christian was learning to walk and talk. Now entering his second year of NFL competition, McCaffrey is a star with the Panthers, and about to enter the spotlight for an up-close look into his circumstances.

On Sunday morning, ESPN's E:60 program will air a long feature on McCaffrey, profiling his journey to the NFL as a second-generation player.

Christian McCaffrey will probably go in the first round of your fantasy football draft. But before he was a star for the @Panthers, he was just the son of a @Broncos Super Bowl champ, trying to learn the family business. pic.twitter.com/DuM0PIVl5B — E:60 (@E60) July 31, 2018

In teasing some of the stories of McCaffrey's upbringing that will be featured in the segment, McCaffrey discussed the pressure that came with trying to follow in the footsteps of his father, a three-time Super Bowl champion. McCaffrey's mother, former Stanford soccer star Lisa, shared a story about how a coach in McCaffrey's High School days used a comparison to his father to get under his skin.

"He's running and gets pushed off to the side," said Lisa of a game McCaffrey played in High School. "And a coach, he goes, 'You're a [expletive], just like your dad!'".

Growing up in Castle Rock, Colorado, there was an expectation for the second-oldest of McCaffrey's four sons to perform at a high level. After being drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft and having a limited role on the 1994 San Francisco 49ers that won Super Bowl XXIX, the elder McCaffrey blossomed on the Broncos, becoming a reliable target for quarterback John Elway and a significant contributor to the Broncos' Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII-winning teams. McCaffrey also excelled after Elway retired, setting a Broncos franchise record with 101 receptions in 2000 playing with quarterback Brian Griese. McCaffrey finished his NFL career in 2003 with 565 career receptions for 7,422 yards and 55 touchdowns, with one Pro Bowl and Second-Team All-Pro designation in 1998.

Following his stardom at Stanford, where he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Christian McCaffrey was drafted No. 8-overall by the Panthers in the 2017 NFL Draft. In his rookie season, McCaffrey had over 1,000 yards of total offense and emerged as one of the Panthers' brightest young stars. In his second year, McCaffrey is looking to earn the designation that his father earned multiple times: that of a Super Bowl champion.

The E:60 feature on McCaffrey will air on Sunday morning at 9 AM EST.