When the 49ers signed Trent Sherfield this offseason, your reaction probably landed somewhere between utter disinterest to mild confusion, which, frankly, makes perfect sense.
An addition to the special teams' squad in mid-March doesn’t usually move the needle for a fanbase. You’d never think this was someone who’d effectively go by “Textbook Trent” by early September.
However, as the team began to gather for spring practices and training camp, the murmurs started. So, when he caught an 80-yard bomb on Trey Lance’s first drive as a professional athlete, if you’d been paying attention, it shouldn’t have been too big of a shock.