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49ers DT Alfred Collins Is Out for the Season After Injuring His Knee in Melbourne, Shanahan Says
Alfred Collins tore a patellar tendon in practice, leaving the 49ers without their probable starting nose tackle and thinning an already injured defensive line.
- On Wednesday, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan announced that defensive tackle Alfred Collins is out for the season after tearing his patellar tendon during Tuesday's practice in Melbourne, Australia.
- Collins, a key contributor from the 2025 draft class, sustained the injury while preparing for Friday's season opener against the Los Angeles Rams.
- "That is a big loss," Shanahan said, noting the team also lost defensive end Sam Okuayinonu to a foot injury, challenging the defensive line's depth.
- The 49ers may promote practice squad defensive tackles Sebastian Valdez or Kevin Givens, while second-year defensive tackle CJ West and Osa Odighizuwa are expected to lead the rotation.
- Being in Australia complicates securing immediate replacements, though starters tight end George Kittle and defensive end Nick Bosa remain on track to play in Friday's opener.
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49ers DT Alfred Collins is out for the season after injuring his knee in Melbourne, Shanahan says
San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins is out for the season after tearing his patellar tendon, coach Kyle Shanahan says.
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49ers’ defensive line loses another: DT Alfred Collins sustains knee injury
Defensive tackle Alfred Collins sustained a season-ending knee injury in Tuesday's practice, leaving the 49ers' defensive line further decimated and in a lurch for replacments so far from the mainland.
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