Jason Verrett Injured his Hamstring during 49ers Practice

Maybe the 49ers should do walkthroughs only.

Grant Cohn | Sep 3, 2020

Maybe the 49ers should do walkthroughs only.

On Wednesday, yet another 49ers player tweaked his hamstring during practice -- cornerback Jason Verrett. The injury is a Grade 1 strain, according to the Athletic. That’s the lowest grade of strain there is. So theoretically, Verrett should return soon.

But Verrett has appeared in just six games the past four seasons. He seemingly always suffers an injury that ruins his latest comeback attempt.

When he was healthy during training camp, he mostly played with the backups. When he played with the starters, he gave up a 50-yard touchdown catch up the sideline to rookie wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. Verrett didn’t have the speed nor acceleration to run with him. But Verrett had some success when he played nickelback.

Despite the injury, Verrett most likely will make the 49ers’ 53-man roster. They’ll make their final cuts on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

In addition to Verrett, here are the other 49ers who got injured during training camp:

Brandon Aiyuk -- hamstring.

George Kittle -- hamstring.

Kyle Juszczyk -- hamstring.

Nick Bosa -- unidentified leg-muscle strain.

Dee Ford -- calf strain.

K’Waun Williams -- calf strain.

Ben Garland -- ankle.

Ross Dwelley -- foot.

Ross Reynolds -- bone bruise.

Jalen Hurd -- knee.

J.J. Nelson -- knee.

D.J. Jones -- concussion.

Dre Greenlaw -- concussion.

Trent Taylor -- unknown injury.

That’s 14 of 80 players on the roster who got injured since camp started two and a half weeks ago.

The 49ers will release their first injury report on Wednesday. By then, we’ll have a much better sense of the severity of all these injuries.

Published Sep 3, 2020

GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.