The 49ers are expecting to have several red-shirt draft picks from past years not only try to crack the 53-man roster in 2015, but earn a role on the field for many Sundays to come.
One player in particular is the highly versatile Trey Millard, a tailback and special teams player out of Oklahoma.
Coming off an ACL tear suffered in college in October 2013, Millard feels good running sprints and apparently looks faster than ever.
"That's what guys have said, that I look a lot faster this year," Millard told 49ers.com.
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"I think part of that is the offseason training and all that stuff, but the first day I started running routes, Vernon [Davis] said something about the haircut and me being faster because of it.