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49ers sign LB Elijah Lee

The 49ers have signed rookie linebacker Elijah Lee from the Vikings practice squad, according to Ian Rapoport.

With rookie Reuben Foster likely out about a month with a high-ankle sprain, the #49ers signed LB Elijah Lee off the #Vikings practice squad

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 13, 2017

I like this signing. Lee was one of my favorite linebackers coming out of college this year. I had the 49ers drafting him in the fifth round of a mock draft I wrote 20 days before the draft.