Tight End · San Francisco 49ers
George Kittle
No. 85 · 10th season
Seventeen days to prove the shoulder will hold.
George Kittle has spent the offseason repairing a shoulder that nearly cost him last season. The 49ers' tight end is one of the game's most dynamic receivers when healthy — a player who changes how defenses see the middle of the field. But injuries have a way of stealing the clearest timelines, and Kittle knows the clock is running.
With the team's flight to Australia for the season opener against the Rams on September 10th just over two weeks away, Kittle is still fighting to get on that plane. He hasn't given up. The hope is real, grounded in the work he's put in. But hope and readiness are not the same thing, and he knows it.
Adam Schefter
@AdamSchefter
With 17 days until the flight that will take the 49ers to Australia, tight end George Kittle still maintains hope that he'll be ready to board that airplane and play in the regular season opener against the Rams on Sept. 10. Story via @nwagoner: https://t.co/p3RfqUkcS3
9:01 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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