The San Francisco 49ers were without their star tight end this offseason during OTAs and minicamp as George Kittle was recovering from offseason core surgery. On a recent podcast, Kittle revealed that, while he’s on track for a full recovery and will be ready for training camp next month, he lost nearly 30 pounds due to surgery:
“After the Super Bowl, I lost almost 30 pounds. I couldn’t lift. I couldn’t do any upper body because of my shoulder and my rib. And I couldn’t do lower because of my core surgery.