Given the early injuries to come out of the San Francisco 49ers’ training camp, it appeared as though the team frantically signed Deebo Samuel to a one-year contract on Thursday evening. However, the 49ers and Samuel had been talking about a reunion “all along,

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the San Francisco 49ers didn't sign Deebo Samuel just because of Ricky Pearsall's injury.

Samuel spent the first six years of his career with the 49ers before playing for the Commanders last season

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4. Samuel’s return might be, ostensibly, about the absence of Pearsall, but he also bolsters the Niners in the absence of running back Jordan James, too. Kaelon Black looks strong as the No. 2 back behind Christian McCaffrey, but you need more than one viable backup behind No. 23. The wideback is back.

Deebo Samuel wore No. 19 throughout the most successful years of his first stint with the 49ers, making it his signature jersey in San Francisco.

San Francisco 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall will have season-ending surgery on his injured right knee in the latest setback for the 2024 first-round pick