Ranking the 49ers 5 most impressive players from 2020 playoffs

No. 4: Running Back Raheem Mostert

The story of Raheem Mostert has been well documented by now, so suffice it to say this: The former undrafted free agent out of Purdue was a force to be reckoned with throughout the playoff run.

Although his numbers don’t stand out for either the win over the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round nor the Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Mostert’s overall tallies are simply spectacular.

He finished the playoffs with 53 carries for 336 yards (6.4 yards per carry) and five touchdowns and was an unstoppable force for San Francisco against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game.

Even though the numbers are balanced heavily in a favor of the 220 yards he rushed for in that matchup, his nearly 5 yards-per-carry average in the other two games suggests he was consistently good with the ball in his hands.

His PFF grades hold up this idea, in spite of a somewhat poor showing against the Vikings (59.1 overall, 59.6 rushing). The conference championship saw him earn the first elite grade of his career and highest on the team for the offense (90.7 overall, 85.1 rushing), while his Super Bowl was strong despite the lower counting stats (71.1 overall, 68.9 rushing).

In the end, there’s an argument to be made that his touching the ball fewer times in the Super Bowl was partially to blame for the 49ers losing.

But either way one looks at it, there’s no doubt Mostert was one of the best — and most important — 49ers in the playoffs.