49ers schedule: Former Niners who face San Francisco in 2022
By Peter Panacy
49ers schedule, Week 7 vs. Chiefs: LB Elijah Lee
Remember former 49ers depth linebacker Elijah Lee?
In case you forgot, he spent the first three years of his professional career with the Niners after the Minnesota Vikings jettisoned him after drafting him in Round 7 of the 2017 NFL Draft. And Lee even had a modest dent in San Francisco’s defense, too, starting five games in 2018 and recording 65 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
That didn’t translate into a long-term deal with the 49ers, though, and he spent parts of the 2020 and 2021 seasons with both the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns.
Now, Lee is part of the Kansas City Chiefs on a one-year free-agent deal.
Lee certainly is on the fringes of KC’s roster, so it’s anyone’s guess whether or not he’ll be around when the Niners host the Chiefs in Week 7.
If he is, though, it’ll be a nice little reunion.