Marcus Hudson News

The loss of Nate Clements meant the team needed some cornerback depth behind Dre Bly and Marcus Hudson .

A rookie running back can be the fastest guy on the team, have the best moves and be a great pass catcher.

Fooch's Update: Was just notified that Brandon Mebane did not practice today either.

Justin Smith and Ahmad Brooks were the only 49ers who were held out of Wednesday's practice.

It's about that time for one final roster projection before we head into the regular season, don't you think? Teams must have their rosters trimmed down to 53 at some point today and I figure we'll take one last swing at it.

After all, the guys could've gotten the afternoon off and decided to spend the day at Great America, the amusement park down the road from their practice complex.

HOW MANY CORNERBACKS ARE THERE GOING INTO CAMP?: 9. HOW MANY WILL THEY KEEP?: At the end of last year, they had 5. 22 Nate Clements 23 Marcus Hudson 25 Tarell Brown 30 Terrail Lambert 32 Dre Bly 35 Jahai Word-Daniels 36 Shawntae Spencer 40 Carlos Thomas Bly brings a different look to the secondary.

After a brief hiatus - sorry, was traveling - we wrap up the defense with the remainder of the cornerbacks ... Marcus Hudson .

Yesterday's news that Walt Harris sprained his knee in practice had me thinking now was as good a time as any to take care of our roster projections for the cornerback position.