One of the team's fifth-round picks from a year ago is continuing to battle the lingering impacts of a traumatic personal event that shaped his decision to play football.
"He's still dealing with some of the things that he was dealing with at the beginning of the season last year," general manager Brian Gutekunst said at the Senior Bowl last month, according to Michael Cohen of The Athletic. "Obviously we wish him the best and we'd love to, at some point, get him out there on the field to help us. But when that time is going to be, we're not there yet.