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Ferrell

The 49ers continue to add to their pass rush, signing Ferrell to the practice squad after trading for Keion White. Ferrell began his career with the Raiders and has bounced around the last three years, appearing in one game for the Chargers this season. He brings 17.0 career sacks over six seasons to the 49ers practice squad, including 3.5 sacks during a 2023 stint with the 49ers. San Francisco continues to add pass rush depth with Nick Bosa (ACL) out for the season.

Ferrell was the fourth pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, but he’s come nowhere close to living up to those expectations and served in a reserve role for the Commanders and 49ers over the past two seasons. The 28-year-old defender is released to make room for Jaret Patterson, who was signed to the practice squad in a corresponding transaction.

Ferrell appeared in 14 games for the Commanders last year, operating as a rotational pass-rusher. He notched 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble. With Khalil Mack landing on injured reserve because of an elbow injury, the Chargers were bound to add some depth at EDGE. Ferrell will work his way into the mix as a part-time player until Mack is ready to return. The Chargers also signed DE Rashad Weaver to the practice squad.

The former first-round defensive end started 10 games for the Commanders in 2024, notching 26 tackles and 3.5 sacks across 14 appearances. Ferrell is well traveled at this point in his career but has mostly settled for a rotational role the previous three seasons with the Raiders, 49ers, and Commanders. His veteran status and continued production on the field could land him a new home via waivers over the coming 24 hours.

The journeyman edge rusher has the Commanders’ only two sacks through two games. Coach Dan Quinn does not expect it to be a long-term issue, so Ferrell should have a decent shot at returning for Week 4.

Ferrell will join his fourth team since entering the NFL in 2019. He spent 2023 with the Niners, totaling 28 tackles and 3.5 sacks over 17 games. Ferrell should have a shot for much more playing time in Washington, which sported one of the league’s worst pass rushes last year.

Ferrell missed a second straight practice with a knee issue after playing in all seventeen regular season games. He seems headed to an inactive status for the Divisional Round game against the Packers, being the only 49er that did not practice on Wednesday. Ferrell will rest and try to return for the NFC Championship game, if the 49ers can advance.

Ferrell was the fourth overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Most pundits believed the pick to be a reach and that turned out to be true. By his third year, Ferrell had been relegated to backup duties. In 2022, he registered just two sacks and three TFLs across 16 games, four of which were starts. He is an interesting flyer for a team that often gets the most out of their defensive line, but don’t expect much more than a rotational role for the first-round bust.

Shocking. The No. 4 overall pick in the 2019 draft, Ferrell has eight sacks total in three seasons and was just a rotational player last year. It is not a given Ferrell makes the roster out of training camp. Las Vegas also declined the options for Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram.

Vegas also turned down the fifth-year options for DE Clelin Ferrell and S Johnathan Abram. The team’s new leadership likely wants Jacobs to prove himself in 2022 after an up-and-down three years with the Raiders. Former head coach Jon Gruden refused to give Jacobs a workhorse role despite Jacobs showing he was a capable three-down back. After Kenyan Drake was lost for the season in 2021, Jacobs went on a tear, and thanks in part to his pass-catching role, was fantasy’s sixth highest scoring RB in the season’s final six weeks. The Raiders taking a running back in the 2022 draft could complicate things for Jacobs and Drake.