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The Complete List of 49ers who have Gotten Injured in Practice since 2017

If the 49ers simply could minimize these injuries, they'd return to the league average in terms of games lost.
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The Complete List of 49ers who have Gotten Injured in Practice since 2017
The Complete List of 49ers who have Gotten Injured in Practice since 2017

The 49ers think they're unlucky.

For eight seasons in a row, the 49ers have ranked among the league leaders in games lost to injury. Just last season, they led the entire NFL in this statistic.

Bad luck certainly is part of their issue -- football is an inherently violent game and people get hurt while playing it.

But the 49ers also create their own bad luck, because they hurt each other and themselves during practices. Since Kyle Shanahan became head coach in 2017, 32 players have gotten injured in a 49ers practice or weight-training session. 

Here is the complete list. I will add to it as more practice injuries occur. If the 49ers simply could minimize these injuries, they'd return to the league average in terms of games lost.

1. Justin Skule, 6/7/21. Torn ACL.

2. Tarvarius Moore, 6/7/21. Torn Achilles.

3. Jeff Wilson Jr., 5/20/21. Torn meniscus.

4. Tom Compton, 10/26/20. Concussion in walkthrough.

5. Jauan Jennings, 10/25/20. Pulled hamstring.

6. Dee Ford, 9/16/20. Neck injury.

7. Jason Verrett, 9/2/20. Pulled hamstring

8. Ross Reynolds, 8/24/20. Knee injury.

9. Brandon Aiyuk, 8/23/20. Pulled hamstring.

10. D.J. Jones, 8/20/20. Shoulder injury.

11. Ben Garland, 8/18/20. Ankle injury.

12. Jalen Hurd, 8/17/20. Torn ACL.

13. Chris Finke, 7/28/20. Undisclosed.

14. D.J. Reed, 7/2/20. Torn pectoral muscle.

15. Richie James Jr. 6/19/20. Broken wrist.

16. Kwon Alexander, 1/7/20. Torn biceps.

17. Nick Bosa, 8/7/19. Ankle injury.

18. K'Waun Williams, 8/6/19. Knee injury.

19. Kapron Lewis-Moore, 8/3/19. Groin injury.

20. Jimmie Ward, 5/23/19. Broken collarbone.

21. Matt Breida, 5/21/19. Torn pectoral muscle.

22. Jerick McKinnon, 9/1/18. Torn ACL.

23. Richard Sherman, 8/5/18. Pulled hamstring.

24. Dekoda Watson, 6/13/18. Calf injury.

25. Reuben Foster, 8/17/17. Sprained AC joint in shoulder.

26. Zach Franklin, 8/8/17. Ankle injury.

27. Malcolm Smith, 8/5/17. Torn pectoral muscle.

28. DeForest Buckner, 8/2/17. Ankle injury.

29. Jaquiski Tartt, 8/1/17. Rib injury.

30. Jimmie Gilbert, 7/31/17. Torn ACL.

31. Eric Reid, 7/30/17. Ankle injury.

32. Jeremy Zuttah, 5/23/17. Leg injury.

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Grant Cohn
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.

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