The 49ers elevated one player ahead of Sunday’s contest against the Jaguars.
The San Francisco 49ers announced they elevated cornerback Eli Apple from the practice squad ahead of their Week 4 contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday.
Apple, 30, is making his first appearance of the season for the 49ers. He had joined the team back in July during training camp amid numbers issues in the cornerback room. He was subsequently released on August 7th, but returned to the team’s practice squad after cutdown day.
San Francisco is dealing with a neck injury to starting cornerback Renardo Green. The second-year defensive back was limited on both Wednesday and Thursday, but did not practice on Friday, and was considered questionable heading into the weekend.
Green had suffered an injury in San Francisco’s 16-15 win over the Arizona Cardinals last weekend, but returned and ended up playing over 86 percent of the defensive snaps in the game.
Apple’s elevation seems to be insurance for Green, as the 49ers have four other healthy corners on their 53-man roster: Deommodore Lenoir, Upton Stout, Darrell Luter Jr., and Chase Lucas.
In addition, the 49ers did not elevate a wide receiver, speaking to their comfort level with Demarcus Robinson and the potential of Jauan Jennings suiting up this week.
Both Jennings and Ricky Pearsall were considered questionable heading into the weekend, with head coach Kyle Shanahan revealing that the latter is more likely to go than the former on Friday. Pearsall was limited in practice on Thursday and Friday after not participating on Wednesday. Jennings, on the other hand, only practiced on Friday, which was logged as limited as well.
Currently, these are the 49ers receivers expected to suit up on Sunday: Pearsall, Jennings, Robinson, Skyy Moore, and Marques Valdez-Scantling.
San Francisco will face the Jaguars on Sunday, with kickoff slated for 1:05 p.m. at Levi’s Stadium.
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