The San Francisco 49ers signed cornerback JaCorey Shepherd to their 53-man roster on Monday, replacing injured nickel back Chris Davis. Shepherd spent parts of the past two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was drafted in the sixth round, but spent 2015 on injured reserve after tearing his ACL in training camp. He was released at the end of 2016 camp, but was signed and released from the Eagles practice squad two separate times this year, with the most recent being this past Friday.
It is safe to say Chip Kelly had some input on this signing. I spoke with our friends at Bleeding Green Nation, and they had some interesting comments about Shepherd.