Niners rookies and selected veterans hit the practice field this afternoon. Very few of the veterans are in attendance this weekend, as the youngsters get a chance to take the bulk of the practice repetitions during the minicamp.
Shaun Hill and Alex Smith handled all of the snaps at quarterback in team work, as they compete for the starting job.
Neither Hill nor Smith did anything out of he ordinary. Smith’s arm looks pretty strong. Hill, meanwhile, never looks particularly great during practice, but we know he has a way of making it work when it counts (7-3 record as starter).
Aside from the QBs, there were few non-rookies participating who have legitimate chances to start. Starting free safety Dashon Goldson and right guard Chilo Rachal are in attendance. Josh Morgan, who was the leading candidate to start at split end (X) before the arrival of Michael Crabtree, is on the practice field.
Crabtree is not taking part in the practices after undergoing surgery in early March to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. While the team was conditioning on the field, Crabtree was pedaling away on a stationary bike.
Here is the depth chart as they lined up today.
Offense
QB- Shaun Hill, Alex Smith
RB- Thomas Clayton, Glen Coffee, Kory Sheets
FB- Zak Keasey
WR (x)-Josh Morgan, Dominique Zeigler, Maurice Price
WR (z)-Jason Hill, Micheal Spurlock, Dobson Collins
TE- Delanie Walker, J.J. Finley, Bear Pascoe
LT-Jacob Bender
LG-Joe Toledo, Matthew Huners
C- Cody Wallace
RG- Chilo Rachal, Kyle Howard
RT- Alex Boone
Defense
LDE- Pannel Egboh
NT- Khalif Mitchell
RDE- Ricky Jean-Francois
Sam LB- Marques Harris, Jay Moore
Ted LB- Mark Washington, Scott McKillop
Mike LB- Justin Roland
Will LB- Ahmad Brooks, Diyral Briggs
LCB- Marcus Hudson, Carlos Thomas
RCB- Tarell Brown, Jahi Word-Daniels, Tarrail Lambert
SS- Reggie Smith, Jimmy Williams
FS- Dashon Goldson, Lewis Baker, Curtis Taylor
Note: Kentwan Balmer is here, but the rookies got a lot of work, taking all the snaps during the team session.
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The 49ers signed kicker Alex Romero. He played for the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League in 2008. In his career at
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Undrafted
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Forty-three players participated in meetings and practice. Two players took part in just meetings: Veterans Marvel Smith (right tackle) and Demetric Evans (defensive end).
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