{"id":458037,"date":"2026-09-09T07:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458037\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:12:18","slug":"49ers-dt-alfred-collins-is-out-for-the-season-after-injuring-his-knee-in-melbourne-shanahan-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458037\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers DT Alfred Collins is out for the season after injuring his knee in Melbourne, Shanahan says"},"content":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 San Francisco 49ers<\/a> defensive tackle Alfred Collins<\/a> is out for the season after tearing his patellar tendon, coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Tight end George Kittle<\/a> and defensive end Nick Bosa<\/a> remain on track to play in the Niners\u2019 opener, but Shanahan isn\u2019t sure exactly how much each veteran star will see the field.<\/p>\n

Collins was injured during practice at AAMI Park on Tuesday with the 49ers, who face the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a big loss,\u201d said Shanahan, whose team also lost defensive end Sam Okuayinonu<\/a> to a right foot injury. \u201cWe’ve lost two D-linemen pretty much for the year after (final roster) cuts, before the first game, which is going to be a huge challenge. It’s real unfortunate for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins made 16 tackles in 16 games as a backup lineman during his rookie season, but he is well-known to Rams fans as the hero of the short-handed 49ers’ improbable 26-23 overtime victory at SoFi Stadium last season. The rookie lineman forced and recovered a fumble by Los Angeles running back Kyren Williams<\/a> late in regulation, preventing a go-ahead touchdown.<\/p>\n

Collins was likely to play extensively as the 49ers’ probable starting nose tackle this season. and his absence will test the depth on an already thin unit.<\/p>\n

Defensive tackle Gracen Helton and defensive end Romello Height<\/a> are both limited in practice by ankle injuries, while undrafted rookie defensive tackle James Thompson<\/a> missed practice Tuesday with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

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AP NFL<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NFL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Alfred Collins is out for the season after tearing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[19869,8757,180670,9522,11453,122155,19868,101,296,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-458037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-alfred-collins","tag-george-kittle","tag-james-thompson-jr","tag-national-football-league","tag-nick-bosa","tag-romello-height","tag-sam-okuayinonu","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}