San Francisco 49ers safeties Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward have had some rare parallels in their football careers. But what happened on the past two Sundays they could have done without.
Tartt and Ward were prep teammates at Davidson High School in Mobile. Both went on to decorated collegiate careers -- Ward at Northern Illinois and Tartt at Samford.
Ward joined the 49ers as a first-round selection in the 2014 NFL Draft. Tartt also was a San Francisco draft pick, coming in as a second-rounder in 2015, giving the 49ers two players from the same Alabama high school in their secondary.