“Tough times don’t last, tough people do.”
49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo sees that idea as a mindset, as he continues to work his way back from an ACL tear he suffered last September.
Kannon Dote -- a senior QB at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton -- suffered a similar injury prior to his junior season.
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SIGN UP HERE “What’s up Kannon, this is Jimmy Garoppolo here with the 49ers. Just wanted to wish you luck, man,” Garoppolo said in a video, shot just outside the 49ers locker room. “I know you went through the same process as me with the ACL and everything."
Dote posted the video Friday just before he is set to make his return to the field in his team’s season opener at Antioch High School.
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What a moment for a high school kid, to have the guy who plays the same position on your local team hype you up as you come back from an injury.
Hopefully, Jimmy G can have a little more success in his second time being back on the field, after a disastrous debut in Denver during Week 2 of the preseason.
