Running back Salvon Ahmed #26 of the Washington Huskies (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Can rookie Salvon Ahmed make the 49ers’ 53-man roster in 2020?
He surely faces an uphill fight to make the San Francisco 49ers‘ 53-man roster this season. But former Washington running back Salvon Ahmed could easily be head coach Kyle Shanahan’s latest hidden-gem find.
After all, the head coach’s abilities to identify and develop less-heralded talent at the position are well documented.
In 2017, Georgia Southern’s Matt Breida was the name to watch. While Breida is gone now, and the Niners still boast a deep running back room heading into this season, there’s a better-than-distant chance Ahmed becomes the next player to seemingly “come out of nowhere.