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49ers Keep Bolstering Defense, Reportedly Adding DT Maliek Collins
ESPN and the Associated Press reported the 49ers had traded a seventh-round draft pick to acquire Collins.
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March 14, 2024
The San Francisco 49ers continued to beef up their defense Wednesday, trading for Houston Texans defensive tackle Maliek Collins, published reports said.
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ESPN and the Associated Press reported the 49ers had traded a seventh-round draft pick tp acquire Collins. The trade was reportedly pending a physical.
Collins is the latest addition made by the 49ers to their revamped defensive line after San Francisco had previously agreed to deals with free agent defensive ends Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos, and defensive tackle Jordan Elliott, according to several sources speaking on condition of anonymity because those deals hadn't been signed.
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