San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and his staff will coach the South squad during the Reese's Senior Bowl on January 26 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Jon Gruden and his Oakland Raiders staff will coach the North squad.
Jim Nagy, the Executive Director of Reese's Senior Bowl, on Tuesday, announced the quarterbacks taking part in the Senior Bowl. It was announced on Saturday that one more signal-caller will be added to the 49ers' South squad — Tyree Jackson of Buffalo.
Wide receiver Anthony Johnson of Buffalo will be moving from the North squad to the South squad to join his college teammate, Jackson.
The @seniorbowl is excited to announce the addition of @UBFootball junior grad QB #3 Tyree Jackson to the South team. We didn't anticipate Jackson coming out but our goal will always be to add the best prospects. Buffalo WR Anthony Johnson will move to the South squad as well. pic.twitter.com/s9wIuawyum
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 13, 2019
Nagy also announced the offensive linemen for both squads on Saturday. You can view the players who will be on hand below with the 49ers' squad (South) listed first.
| Squad | Offensive linemen | School |
| South | B.J. Autry | Jacksonville State |
| South | Yodny Cajuste | West Virginia |
| South | Dennis Daley | South Carolina |
| South | Andre Dillard | Washington State |
| South | Tytus Howard | Alabama State |
| South | Elgton Jenkins | Mississippi State |
| South | Javon Patterson | Ole Miss |
| South | Ross Pierschbacher | Alabama |
| South | Ben Powers | Oklahoma |
| South | Dru Samia | Oklahoma |
| North | Beau Benzschawel | Wisconsin |
| North | Garrett Bradbury | NC State |
| North | Nate Davis | Charlotte |
| North | Michael Deiter | Wisconsin |
| North | Chuma Edoga | USC |
| North | Chris Lindstrom | Boston College |
| North | Erik McCoy | Texas A&M |
| North | Kaleb McGary | Washington |
| North | Dalton Risner | Kansas State |
| North | Max Scharping | Northern Illinois |
The @seniorbowl South OL group has a bunch of versatile dudes that can cross-train at different spots. It's one of the only positions where we could stick to the geographic N/S parameters. Another group filled with guys that could be starting a year from now in #NFLPlayoffs. pic.twitter.com/jKj4jA6kjD
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 12, 2019
The @seniorbowl North OL is loaded with blue-collar tough guys and future NFL starters. pic.twitter.com/i1OIsRCj1L
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 12, 2019
Right guard Mike Person is the only 49ers starting offensive lineman scheduled to become a free agent in March. San Francisco might look to improve this offseason along the interior of the offensive line.
The 49ers feared the worst when left guard Laken Tomlinson went down with a knee injury during the team's Week 17 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. The injury, however, was revealed to be a torn MCL rather than a torn ACL, the latter of which would have required about five or six more months of recovery.
Center Weston Richburg may not have seemingly lived up to the five-year, $47.5 million deal he signed last March, but head coach Kyle Shanahan is convinced the 49ers have their center of the future.
"I know that I'm happy with him," Shanahan said of Richburg in late-December. "Doesn't mean that there's not room to grow. I think he could play better, too, especially the way he started out the year. We've got to find out a way to make that last throughout the whole year. I think we've got a very good center who is only going to get better."
San Francisco sees 2018 draft pick and right tackle Mike McGlinchey as veteran left tackle Joe Staley's eventual replacement. Staley has committed to playing in 2019, which happens to be the final year of his contract with the 49ers. McGlinchey had a solid rookie campaign with his strength being as a run blocker but knows there is room for improvement.
"There's definitely some things that I did well this season that I will take and continue to try to improve on," McGlinchey told reporters on December 31. "There's things I didn't do well this season that I need to get corrected and need to take a huge step forward in year two."
