Former Charger Getting Fresh Start With 49ers

Jul 19, 2018 at 8:20 AM--


In 2015, Jeremiah Attaochu looked as if he might be one of the NFL's emerging pass-rushing stars.For the Chargers that season, the former Georgia Tech standout had six sacks and 55 tackles. After that season, he was hungry for more."I want to hone my pass-rush and just really double my production in sacks and strip sacks," Attaochu said in the spring of 2016. He was eager to become a star.Instead, Attaochu's career was sidelined by injuries and a lack of faith from a new Chargers coaching staff. The edge rusher – a 6-foot-3, 252-pound outside linebacker in the Chargers' 3-4 scheme – was limited to just eight games in 2016 because of two injuries and then played just four games last season, even though he was healthy again.Now he's just days away from training camp with the 49ers, where he hopes to get his NFL career back on track as a defensive end/pass-rush specialist. The Chargers let him walk after four seasons and he signed with San Francisco in March on a one-year deal worth as much as $5.1 million.While the 49ers are expecting a big improvement in their pass rush from holdovers DeForest Buckner, Arik Armstead, Solomon Thomas and Cassius Marsh in Robert Saleh's...
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