Deebo Samuel has accomplished so much in his five-year career. He has been to four NFC Championships, two Super Bowls and one Pro Bowl. He also was named first-team All Pro in 2021. And yet he still hasn't played a full season in the NFL.
Deebo Samuel has accomplished so much in his five-year career. He has been to four NFC Championships, two Super Bowls and one Pro Bowl. He also was named first-team All Pro in 2021. And yet he still hasn't played a full season in the NFL.
Samuel has missed at least one game every year. Last season, he missed two and the 49ers lost both times. And in college, he never played a full season, either. In fact, he missed 21 of 51 games in four years at South Carolina. This is not a fluke. Samuel misses games because he plays so violently. He doesn't avoid collisions, he creates them. And most of the time, the defensive player takes the brunt of the impact. But over the course of a few months, the collisions take their toll and Samuel inevitably misses time.
So maybe we'll see Samuel's best season yet. Maybe the pressure to perform and stay healthy will produce his best effort since 2021 when he earned his contract extension.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.
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