{"id":854924,"date":"2026-04-05T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:01:56","slug":"49ers-news-could-kris-kocurek-cook-with-aur-bernard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/854924\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers News: Could Kris Kocurek cook with Aur Bernard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.49erswebzone.com\/articles\/200072-reportedly-interest-nigerian-prospect-bernard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers reportedly show interest in Nigerian IPP prospect Uar Bernard <\/a><br \/>\u201cBernard\u2019s path to football is unconventional. He was discovered playing basketball in Nigeria just three years ago before joining the NFL\u2019s IPP program. Despite having no collegiate football experience, he has quickly generated buzz thanks to his elite athletic profile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The defensive lineman, who measured close to 6-foot-5 and 306 pounds, gained national attention at the HBCU Showcase, where he recorded a 39-inch vertical jump and a 4.63-second 40-yard dash\u2014impressive numbers for a player of his size.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to Polymarket Sports, Bernard also posted a 10-foot-10-inch broad jump, a mark that would have led all defensive tackles at the NFL Scouting Combine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt always is [helpful],\u201d Shanahan said. \u201cI mean, players, they talk to each other all the time, and when you have guys who communicate, guys who\u2019ve got a good personality, guys who speak highly of the program and things like that, it definitely never hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After signing with the 49ers, Evans confirmed just how impactful that conversation with Kittle was in his decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cGeorge was the biggest salesman,\u201d Evans said. \u201cGeorge sold it big time, and he\u2019s a big reason why I\u2019m here, just because of the type of player and teammate that he is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49ers reportedly show interest in Nigerian IPP prospect Uar Bernard \u201cBernard\u2019s path to football is unconventional. He was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-854924","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-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116351762691074090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854924","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=854924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}