The 49ers running back depth chart has been something of a mess the last few years with injuries forcing San Francisco into RB-by-committee approaches and shuffling starters sometimes by the week. An MCL sprain in Week 1 that landed starting RB Elijah Mitchell on IR for a couple months has the 49ers again staring at a murky RB situation.
It looks for all intents and purposes that veteran Jeff Wilson Jr. will be the starting RB Sunday in the 49ers’ home opener against the Seahawks. Neither of the other two running backs on the active roster, third-round pick Tyrion Davis-Price and undrafted rookie Jordan Mason, notched a carry in the season opener. Davis-Price was inactive because Mason was better on special teams, but now they’ll duke it out in practice for the RB2 job according to head coach Kyle Shanahan.
