ason roster in 90 posts (over 90 or so days). Today is RB Jeff Wilson Mike Person Jersey , Jr." Roster Projections49ers 90-in-90 roster breakdown49ers 90-in-90: Running back Jeff Wilson, Jr.New,20commentsBreaking down the 90 players on the 49ers offseason roster in 90 posts (over 90 or so days). Today is RB Jeff Wilson, Jr.PDTJeff Wilson, Jr. was a star running back at two small Texas schools: Elkhart HS and North Texas University. He signed with the 49ers as a UDFA, got cut in August and ended up on the practice squad.A succession of injuries in the Niners running backs room gave him his chance in week 12, and he made the most of it, instantly beating out Alfred Morris for the Niner’s backup RB role behind the gimpy-ankled Matt Breida.Wilson racked up 266 yards in 66 carries to finish out the year, an impressive 4.0 yards per attempt. Just as importantly in Kyle Shanahan’s scheme, he was adept as a receiver out of the backfield, hauling in 12 of 15 passes for 98 yards, 8.2 YPC. In the team’s December 2 loss to Seattle, he had more receiving yards (73) than star tight end George Kittle (70), the team’s leading receiver.Basic infoAge: 23Experience: 1 accrued seasonHeight: 6’0”Weight: 194Cap StatusWilson, a UDFA in 2018, signed a 2-year, $1.05 million contract with no guaranteed money when he was promoted from the practice squad at the end of November last season. In reality, it won’t be that much; he earned a pro-rated $170,000 last year (based on the contract’s annual $480,000 rate), so the most he could make over two years is $740,000. If he makes the team and lasts all year, his salary this year will be $570,000; if he’s cut, there’s no dead money Patrick Willis Color Rush Jersey , and the 49ers keep it all. What to expect in 2019:Wilson, Jr. runs hard and is a reliable receiver. He stepped into Shanahan’s offense and picked right up where Matt Breida left, and Raheem Mostert left off, though the success of so many different running backs suggests that Shanahan (and the offensive line) deserve most of the credit and that running backs may be interchangeable (and easily replaceable).There was just one problem with Wilson’s performance last year (and also in college), but it was a big one. He fumbled in three consecutive games, losing two of them, and even had a big drop against Seattle in week 15. Shanahan was going to keep him on the bench the rest of that Seattle game as a result, but when Breida got further injured in overtime, he had no choice. WIlson Jr. came back in, held on to the ball and picked up 23 yards on three consecutive runs to set up the winning field goal.Wilson Jr. does not have the elite speed that Shanahan prefers, running a 4.57 in the 40-yard dash, which may be why he did not have any of the explosion runs that Breida (and hopefully, Jet McKinnon, and Tevin Coleman) get in this scheme. If he makes the team, we can expect more of the same — a hard-running backup RB who keeps this offense moving, with a lower ceiling than the other backs and added anxiety about holding on to the ball.Odds of making the roster:Not good. Alfred Morris is gone, but the running backs room already has Breida, Mostert, McKinnon and Coleman along with essential fullback Kyle Juszczyk. There’s no real upside to his game and a lot of bigger talents with guaranteed money.His best-case scenario is to match last year — get on the practice squad and see if injuries create a role for him. He’s facing much more talented competition, however. The Chiefs have lowered the boom on Patrick Mahomes‘ basketball jones. Do they, or any team, have the right to do it?“Haha yeah that’s gonna work,” 49ers cornerback and NFLPA executive committee member Richard Sherman said on Twitter. “If they don’t want him hooping then put it in the contract. It’s not there so he can do as he pleases. Most players do.”Paragraph 3 of the Standard Player Contract contains broad language regarding activities beyond the football field: “Without prior written consent of the Club, Player will not play football or engage in activities related to football otherwise than for Club or engage in . Player represents that he has special, exceptional and unique knowledge https://www.49ersfanshop.com/Jerick-Mckinnon-Jersey , skill, ability, and experience as a football player, the loss of which cannot be estimated with any certainty and cannot be fairly or adequately compensated by damages. Player therefore agrees that Club will have the right, in addition to any other right which Club may possess, to enjoin Player by appropriate proceedings from playing football or engaging in football-related activities other than for Club or from engaging in any activity other than football which may involve a significant risk of personal injury.” (Emphasis added.)The question becomes whether basketball constitutes an activity that “may involve a significant risk of personal injury.” In other words, is the risk of personal injury “significant”? For minor injuries — cuts, scrapes, contusions, bruises, etc. — the risk is high. Major injuries happen less frequently, but they definitely can and do occur.As Sherman notes, most NFL players play basketball in the offseason. It’s a great way to get exercise, and it’s far safer than playing football. Besides, all forms of exercise entail risk; if the alternative consists of players sitting around doing nothing, teams should embrace the fact that players are trying to stay in shape on their own time.If/when a serious happens away from the team’s facility, the team can place the player on the non-football injury list and, if it so chooses, not pay him. Again, the overriding question is whether the team wants its players staying in shape or playing Fortnite for the seven or eight fortnights between the end of the season and the launch of the formal offseason program, when any injury occurring within the confines of the team’s headquarters would not jeopardize a player’s right to compensation.The Chiefs apparently plan to take a much safer approach with Mahomes. If Mahomes is willing to go along with it, so be it. But if Patrick Mahomes shows up for the start of the offseason program looking more like Patrick Mahouse because he hasn’t been exercising, the Chiefs shouldn’t complain.