With Raheem Mostert out for the rest of the season, the 49ers added runner-up Kerryon Johnson to their practice squad
WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS – Two days and multiple medical consultations after abandoning regular season debut against Detroit Lions for a knee injury, the runner’s season San Francisco 49ers, Raheem Mostert, Is over.
Mostert resorted to social media on Tuesday afternoon to announce that the injury that the Niners initially they hoped it would require minor arthroscopic surgery, to be able to have him back in eight weeks, he would end his 2021 campaign.
– Raheem Mostert (@ RMos_8Ball) September 14, 2021
“This gives me, without a doubt, the best chance of going back to 110 percent. I’ve always come back stronger, and it will be like this this time! I have faith in myself, my doctors, my support system. , my team and God, ”he expressed Mostert in a statement posted on social media, adding he felt “shattered” by the decision.
with Mostert out for the rest of the season, the 49ers they add to the corridor Kerryon Johnson to his internship squad, the agent said Drew Rosenhaus and Adam Schefter of ESPN. Johnson joins a group of runners that also includes novices Elijah Mitchell i Trey Sermon, And to the sophomore JaMycal Hasty, All of them in the active staff.
MostertThe 29-year-old suffered an injury during Sunday’s 41-33 victory over the Lions. He led the ovoid twice for 20 yards in the second possession of San FranciscoBut he headed to the bench immediately after a 9+ yard gain in the second play of the series.
On Monday, the head coach of the Niners, Kyle Shanahan, Announced that Mostert he would miss about eight weeks with “damaged cartilage” in a knee that would require arthroscopy. But, Mostert he sought multiple opinions to make sure that when he returned he could do so with full force. These additional opinions pointed him in the direction of a surgery that will need a longer recovery time.
All this leads to the question of whether Mostert has played its final match for the 49ers. He is in the final year of a three-season, $ 8,650,000 deal signed in 2019. He enjoyed 1 p.m. uncovering toward the end of the 2019 campaign, shining brightly in the playoffs and running for 220 yards with four touchdowns al NFC Championship Game in front of the Green Bay Packers.
But, Mostert he was limited to eight games in 2020, while knee and ankle sprains cost him two and six games, respectively. He entered the current season as the undisputed primary runner of the Niners, But the team began planning for the future with the selection of Sermon in the third round, and of Mitchell in the sixth, from the 2021 draft of the NFL.
Mitchell entered by Mostert after injury. He is expected to get the first chance at the starting position after imposing a franchise mark for them 49ers in ground yards (104 in 19 carries) in a debut. Hurry, Who ran for a touchdown against Detroit, Expects to be second in rotation, with Sermon third.
Johnson could be a candidate to be activated in the staff, with the Niners only in 50 players once Mostert and the corner Jason Verrett (Crossed anterior cruciate ligament) reach the injured reserve list this week, In addition, the receiver open Jalen Hurd he reached the injured reserve list on Saturday, and the team has yet to sign anyone to replace him in the 53-man squad.