The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman reported that LSU’s defensive graduate assistant Asauni Rufus is expected to join the 49ers' defensive staff as a quality control coach. Rufus was a three-time All-Mountain West defensive back at Nevada and has worked with the Wolfkpacks staff as well as Notre Dame and Vanderbilt.
That’s not the only move the 49ers made. Aaron Wilson, formerly of The Houston Chronicle, reported the Niners are hiring former Jaguars special teams coach and former NFL safety Nick Sorensen as a defensive assistant.
The 43-year-old Sorensen played in the NFL from 2001 to 2010 before joining the Seahawks coaching staff in 2013.