49ers HC Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Monday that Nick Mullens will remain the team’s starting quarterback for their Week 13 game, per Curtis Pashelka.
Following Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers, Shanahan said Mullens did not play “very well” and added that he planned to evaluate the position this week. However, it appears as though he wasn’t comfortable turning back to C.J. Beathard.
Mullens, 23, wound up signing on with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Miss back in 2017. He was waived coming out of the preseason and later added to their practice squad.
The 49ers brought Mullens back on a futures contract this past January only to release him at the start of the regular season. Mullens had a brief stint on their practice squad before being called up following Jimmy Garoppolo‘s season-ending knee injury.
In 2018, Mullens has appeared in three games for the 49ers and recorded 61 completions on 93 pass attempts (65.6 percent) for 733 yards, five touchdowns and four interceptions.
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