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The 49ers Officially Name Isaac Yiadom their No. 3 Cornerback

That means when the 49ers use their nickel defense, starting cornerback Deommodore Lenoir will move to the slot and Yiadom will play outside opposite Charvarius Ward. At least initially.

Grant Cohn

Oct 1, 2023; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Isaac Yiadom (27) celebrates an inception against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter at the Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
Oct 1, 2023; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Isaac Yiadom (27) celebrates an inception against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter at the Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images / Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images
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SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers officially have named their no. 3 cornerback and it's veteran Isaac Yiadom.

That means when the 49ers use their nickel defense, starting cornerback Deommodore Lenoir will move to the slot and Yiadom will play outside opposite Charvarius Ward. At least initially. The 49ers also drafted cornerback Renardo Green in Round 2 and he's poised to replace Yiadom if he struggles.

On Friday, defensive coordinator Nick Sorensen was asked why Yiadom got the nod over Green. Here's what Sorensen said:

“As I see him and what he's done, I think the coolest thing is I feel like he's a self-made man. He is a worker. And I respect the hell out of people like that. Because anyone who I've ever played with or coached, that is really good, they usually work really hard. Obviously, there is talent. You can't make it in the NFL if you don't have like God-given abilities. But to either sustain a long career or to become an elite player, usually those guys work their asses off. I see that in him, so I'm not surprised. That's what's cool about Ike, is you see how serious he is and that's just been consistent in my, however many years being in the NFL, both with teammates and with players that I have coached, there's usually not a surprise and there's no coincidence when those guys become what they become. I think he, maybe the surprise part would be, did he just figure it out later?”

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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.

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