After being selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft, Trey Sermon was widely expected to serve as the team’s number one running back. Things didn’t quite work out that way. However, Sermon found himself in Kyle Shanahan’s dog house for much of the season, tallying 167 yards on 41 carries in nine appearances.
Here's Kyle Shanahan's detailed answer to @SiriusXMNFL on why Tyrion Davis-Price is important to their short-yardage situational run game: pic.twitter.com/XnsLgZZCWK
— #AskFFT (@daverichard) August 12, 2022
Despite last year’s disappointment, Sermon appears poised to turn the corner in 2022.