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Former NFL defensive lineman Bryant Young this year will become the 29th inductee into the Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame. His name was among several former 49ers players listed among the 130 nominees listed for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Linebacker Patrick Willis was among the 25 players listed as modern-era semifinalists in November of 2019 but, shockingly to some, did not make the trimmed-down list of 15 in January. Below are the former 49ers players among the most-recent nominees,

The San Francisco 49ers activated Deebo Samuel from the non-football injury list on Saturday. The team remains optimistic that the second-year wide receiver will be available for its Week 1 contest next weekend against the Arizona Cardinals. "He does have a shot," general manager John Lynch told reporters via a conference call on Sunday. "I know Tuesday morning, we're kind of having a summit with Dr. (Robert) Anderson, who did the surgery, (team surgeon) Doc (Tim) McAdams and our training staff to kind of take the latest look at the scans and whatnot to see exactly where he's at." Samuel suffered a Jones fracture during a June player-organized practice in Tennessee. He has

Matt Barrows of The Athletic reported on Friday that the San Francisco 49ers had looked into trading fourth-year cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon this past week. "At one point during the week, the 49ers were looking into trading Witherspoon, and Witherspoon was aware of this," wrote Barrows. "For one reason or another, that plan was scrapped." General manager John Lynch, while speaking with reporters via a conference call on Sunday, denied that such discussions ever took place. "Well, it's not true," Lynch said. "... We never had that conversation. Matt (Maiocco, who asked about it), you know it; there's a lot of conversations with our scouting