Wide Receiver · San Francisco 49ers

De'Zhaun Stribling

No. 15 · Rookie

The door opened for Stribling, then his hamstring had other ideas

Timing in football is everything, and right now De'Zhaun Stribling's timing is off by about one bad hamstring.

Stribling is a rookie wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, still early in the process of earning a real role. When Ricky Pearsall was placed on injured reserve, that opened up real space on the offense — the kind of space a young receiver doesn't usually see this early. Stribling was one of the players the team was looking toward to help fill it.

Then hamstring tightness kept him out of practice.

For a rookie trying to establish himself, missing reps at exactly this moment is the worst kind of luck. The opportunity is there. The question now is whether his body will let him step into it.

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