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Your daily San Francisco 49ers news for Thursday, June 12th, 2025
“San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh addressed reporters following the team’s final practice of mandatory minicamp. Here’s everything he had to say.”
Can running back Corey Kiner follow blueprint of 49ers’ undrafted success stories? (paywall)
“Turner, 75, the NFL’s oldest position coach, does exhaustive research on college prospects. And the old-school taskmaster evidently found a kindred spirit in Kiner during their pre-draft conversations. Kiner said his football mentality was shaped by his father, Clifton, who served in the Army and instilled discipline that included a belief that “if you’re early you’re on time.”
Kiner began showing up early for practice when he was at Roger Bacon High School in suburban Cincinnati to run laps and do ladder drills, pushups and situps. He said he’s been among the first to hit the field with the 49ers.
“A lot of people have problems and (Turner) doesn’t care about the problems,” Kiner said. “His thing is to get up and go to work every day. Sometimes you need that. I feel like today you can get caught up in ‘I’m not feeling good. I deserve this. I deserve that.’ Coach Bobby T.’s approach to everything is ‘I don’t care what I deserve.’ I’m going to get up and go to work every day.”
49ers believe Bryce Huff, ‘speed demon’ with an undrafted motor, can be next Dee Ford (paywall)
“Prior to Bryce Huff’s 10-sack breakthrough with the New York Jets in 2023, he played well into fourth quarters during the preseason. In 2022, the Jets added multiple free agents and rookies at his position. And ahead of the 2021 season, Huff added 20-plus pounds of muscle just to secure his roster spot as a defensive end after entering the league in 2020 as a linebacker.
Robert Saleh, his head coach and defensive coordinator in New York, never saw Huff discouraged. He gladly played every preseason snap he could get in Year 4 as if he were still an undrafted rookie, noting: “If (Saleh) thinks I need to get these reps, I’m going to go out there and get these reps. I just keep it pushing.”
Kawakami: Trent Williams is the 49ers’ 2025 outlier — and most irreplaceable presence (paywall)
‘Williams currently has zero money guaranteed for next season. (He held out through training camp last year to get a guarantee for this season.) He’s definitely not in his prime. But he’s unique because even if he’s not at his best, he’s by far the 49ers’ best option at an extremely vital position. And to underline that, the 49ers once again didn’t draft a tackle this year — they haven’t drafted a tackle since they took Jaylon Moore in the fifth round in 2021, and they just lost Moore to free agency in March.
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