There was some early praise for 49ers second-year running back Ty Davis-Price in his second training camp. Head coach Kyle Shanahan and offensive line coach/run game coordinator Chris Foerster both lauded the 2022 third-round pick for his play early in camp.
The important part for Davis-Price was going to be carrying over his strong performances when the pads came on. An injury to RB Elijah Mitchell opened the door for some additional snaps for Davis-Price, who’s continued to shine as the club stacks up their padded practices.
“It’s unreal right now,” Foerster said Saturday before Day 9 of camp. “Last year, he looked good early. He looked good when we didn’t have the pads on. And then all of a sudden as we started playing games, different things happened during the course of the year. It just wasn’t as good. He, right now, looks like a man on a mission. He’s fun to watch. And I see all the things we saw when we drafted him. He just gets to the open field, he’s a load, he’s fast. He’s seeing things better. He understands the offense better. Everything about him, like all these guys, first to second year, you get here your rookie year and sometimes it’s, you’re just, your head starts spinning. It doesn’t stop until the season’s over. And Ty’s been that kid that man, everything’s kind of coming together for him. He looks like a different guy. He’s playing very, very well. It’s fun to watch.”
Early praise was good for Davis-Price. Carrying it over to the more intense padded practices was always going to be the key though.
This is a significant development for Davis-Price and it looks like he’s carved out a roster spot in a deep RB room. Now with some additional reps available he could be carving out a spot in the offense behind or alongside Christian McCaffrey.
