San Francisco 49ers: Projecting Impacts of Tank Carradine and Marcus Lattimore

June 20, 2014   ·   Peter Panacy   ·   Jump to comments

It is no secret the San Francisco 49ers are comfortable drafting injured players—redshirting them their rookie seasons while essentially getting a bargain on their draft-pick investment.
In 2014, the team did this with prospects like Brandon Thomas, Keith Reaser and Trey Millard—players whose draft stock fell considerably due to their respective injuries.
A year ago, the 49ers employed this same philosophy. In 2013, San Francisco drafted defensive end Cornellius "Tank" Carradine and running back Marcus Lattimore. Both of these players also sat out their rookie seasons recovering from injury.
We did not get to see what type of impact both Carradine and Lattimore would have on the field a season ago. In short, the 49ers were in no rush to hurry the development of each player onto a roster already laden with talent.
But another year has passed, and the incumbent group of 49ers is a year older. 
In the case of both Carradine and Lattimore, this ele...

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