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Reports: 49ers retaining McKinnon, Blair amid ACL recoveries

What would a 49ers offseason be without charting the progress of a player’s reconstructed knee? Or multiple players’ comebacks?

Tuesday brought news of two 49ers returning to the roster amid comebacks from knee reconstruction: running back Jerick McKinnon and defensive end Ronald Blair.

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McKinnon is restructuring a contract that’s netted him over $16 million already and had called for him to make $6.5 million salary this season, NBC Sports’ Matt Maiocco reported. McKinnon has yet to suit up for an official game since tearing an anterior cruciate ligament before the 2018 season and then requiring follow-up procedure last September to cost him another season.