49ers Place WR Dante Pettis & RB Matt Breida On IR, Promote Two

The San Francisco 49ers announced Saturday that they’ve placed RB Matt Breida (ankle) and WR Dante Pettis (knee) on injured reserve and promoted DL Ryan Delaire and WR Max McCaffrey to their active roster.

Pettis, 23, was selected in the second round of this year’s draft by the 49ers. He agreed to a four-year, $6,440,562 contract that includes a $2,734,952 signing bonus with the 49ers.

In 2018, Pettis appeared in 12 games for the 49ers and caught 27 passes for 467 yards and five touchdowns.

Breida, 23, wound up signing on with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia Southern back in May of last year. He’s in the second year of his three-year, $1.66 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $645,000 for the 2019 season.

In 2018, Breida appeared in 14 games and rushed for 814 yards on 153 carries (5.3 YPC) to go along with 27 receptions for 261 yards receiving and five total touchdowns.

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