49ers CB Jason Verrett suffers season-ending Achilles harm

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — On the cusp of coming back from a torn ACL in his proper knee, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Jason Verrett’s newest comeback try got here to a halt on Wednesday afternoon.

That is as a result of Verrett, who had been activated from the bodily unable to carry out checklist in October, suffered a torn Achilles tendon within the 49ers’ Wednesday apply. The Niners introduced the harm on Thursday afternoon and that Verrett might be out for the remainder of the yr.

Verrett’s harm got here inside a few hours of Niners coach Kyle Shanahan expressing optimism that Verrett can be lively for the primary time this season on Sunday night time towards the Los Angeles Chargers.

“I assumed he was actual shut, we thought of him final week or two weeks in the past,” Shanahan mentioned Wednesday morning earlier than apply. “I do know he was right here for lots of the time after we have been away. I do know he did some stuff down on his personal, the place he goes and so I count on him to be additional alongside this week. I will see him on the market in about an hour, however hopefully he is nearer.”

The Achilles harm is the newest in a protracted checklist of serious accidents Verrett has suffered since getting into the league as a first-round choose of the Chargers within the 2014 NFL draft. Earlier than Verrett tore his proper ACL on Sept. 12, 2021, he additionally had performed simply six video games in a four-season span (2016-18 with the Chargers and 2019 with the Niners) due to a torn left ACL in 2016, persistent knee points in 2017 and a torn proper Achilles in 2018 that lingered into 2019.