Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles #45 of the San Francisco 49ers with defensive coordinator Robert Saleh (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
49ers linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles could see a regular role in 2020 after his practice squad rookie season.
A year ago during the preseason, San Francisco 49ers then-rookie linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles showed enough promise to warrant placement on the team’s practice squad heading into 2019.
Simply put, there wasn’t any room for the 6-foot-2, 210-pound former collegiate safety to find a spot on the regular-season depth chart. Not with the trio of starting-caliber linebackers — Fred Warner, Kwon Alexander and Dre Greenlaw — and not with the solid safety duo of Jimmie Ward, Jaquiski Tartt and the depth behind them.