Deebo Samuel injury update: 49ers star sprained MCL and ankle, expected to return for regular season

The San Francisco 49ers‘Injury problems continued in Sunday’s Week 14 game Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last week it was a quarter Jimmy Garoppolo. This week, it was a wide star Deebo Samuel. In the second quarter, Samuel bent over awkwardly as he was tackled after being tackled by midfield. He stepped on the ball and immediately took his left leg.

The positive news is that the severity of Samuel’s injury is not as bad as first thought. The 49ers say Samuel suffered a sprained MCL and a sprained ankle and expect him to return for the regular season. According to Josina Anderson of CBS Sports NFL Insider.

After the Niners’ 35-7 win, coach Kyle Shanahan said Samuel “is likely to suffered a severe ankle sprain and confirmed that nothing was broken. Samuel was injured on the field for several minutes after the play, and a cart was brought onto the field to take him to the locker room. The star was emotional as his teammates gathered on the field to say goodbye. The 49ers later ejected Samuel for the remainder of the game with an ankle injury.

The All-Pro weapon caught four passes for 43 yards, and four times for 21 yards and a touchdown before suffering the injury. He emerged as one of South Carolina’s top second-round picks NFLThe most versatile weapon in 2021, as he threw for 1,770 yards and 14 touchdowns. In July, he signed a three-year, $71.55 million extension that could reach $73.5 million, of which $58.1 million was guaranteed.