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49ers: Fullback Kyle Juszczyk team's lone Pro Bowler | The Sacramento Bee

The 49ers' lone Pro Bowl selection plays a position the team didn't have on its roster last season.

Kyle Juszczyk will be the NFC's fullback in the January game in Orlando, Fla., the first San Francisco fullback to have that honor since Fred Beasley in 2003. Juszczyk represented the AFC last year when he was with the Baltimore Ravens.

Last year Chip Kelly's receiver-heavy, run-option offense didn't use a fullback. The 49ers went 2-14 and sent no one to the Pro Bowl, the first time they'd been shut out in the annual all-star game since 2005.

Kicker Robbie Gould, running back Carlos Hyde and offensive tackles Joe Staley and Trent Brown were named alternates.