Our day-long national nightmare is over! New San Francisco 49ers running back Tim Hightower will be wearing No. 26, not No. 21, according to the 49ers PR department.
On Monday morning, Hightower posted a picture from inside the locker room, showing his nameplate with uniform number 21. Fans were initially taken aback given the fact that Frank Gore was the last guy to wear No. 21, and he is on the short list of greatest players in franchise history.
When Hightower posted the picture to Instagram, his caption included hashtags stating that it had simply been assigned to him and that the number should be retired.