{"id":291078,"date":"2025-08-15T21:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/291078\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:28:13","slug":"49ers-news-shakel-brown-signs-after-c-j-wests-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/291078\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers news: Shakel Brown signs after C.J. West\u2019s injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The San Francisco 49ers announced they released veteran tight end Ross Dwelley to make room for defensive lineman Shakel Brown. Dwelley signed with the Niners on May 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dwelley, 30, didn\u2019t play in the 49ers\u2019 first preseason game. Instead, the 49ers gave Brayden Willis (25) and Jake Tonges (26) the majority of snaps at tight end against Denver last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">George Kittle and Luke Farrell are making the roster. The 49ers want to see what they have in Tonges and Willis by giving them as many live reps as possible. There\u2019s no secret as to who Dwelley is as a player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brown signed with the 49ers\u2019 practice squad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/2024\/9\/25\/24254425\/shakel-brown-kalia-davis-javon-hargrave-ty-mcgill-49ers-practice-squad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in September 2024<\/a> and was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-depth-chart\/136539\/49ers-try-out-4-defensive-tackles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four defensive tackles<\/a> to work out with the Niners last week. He\u2019s 6\u20193\u201d, 295 pounds, and was undrafted after the 2023 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Defensive tackle is a position where the 49ers need depth to get through a preseason game after C.J. West <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninersnation.com\/san-francisco-49ers-news\/149056\/49ers-promising-rookie-goes-down-with-an-apparent-knee-injury-at-practice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hyperextended his knee<\/a> against the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday during a joint practice. Heading into Saturday\u2019s game, Brown joins Alfred Collins, Kalia Davis, Sebastian Valdez, Bruce Hector, and Demone Harris as the healthy players on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers announced they released veteran tight end Ross Dwelley to make room for defensive lineman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,52067,3148,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-291078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-roster","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-injuries","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","16":"tag-sanfrancisco","17":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115034908787906676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}