In 2016, San Francisco 49ers rookie defensive tackle DeForest Buckner led the defensive line in snaps played. He was on the field for 1,006 plays. Only Antoine Bethea (1,127) and Tramaine Brock (1,102) played more snaps on the defense in 2016. The 49ers new defensive line coach, Jeff Zgonina will not allow that to happen again.
Buckner spoke to the media during minicamp and laughed as he reminisced about tapping his helmet once last season to come out of the game, but no one came in for him, so he stayed in.