San Francisco 49ers RB Elijah Mitchell missed six games due to shoulder, ribs, finger and head injuries as a rookie and saw his yards per carry drop to 3.1 in the postseason. The 49ers also spent a third-round pick this spring on Tyrion Davis-Price, leading NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco to believe that head coach Kyle Shanahan ‘appears determined to deploy more of a backs-by-committee approach.’
NBC Sports Bay Area - Matt Maiocco