49ers add to special teams by signing Texans DB Jones
Mar 10, 2017 at 9:45 PM
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A 2013 seventh-round pick, Jones has 37 career special-teams tackles in a career that's included stops with the Dolphins, Patriots, Saints and Browns. The 49ers have signed 11 players since the start of free agency on Thursday and the group includes three wide receivers, a quarterback, a fullback and a tight end. Jones was briefly suspended by the Dolphins during the 2014 offseason for his social-media reaction to the Rams' drafting of Michael Sam, the league's first openly gay player.
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