Updated at 2:09 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2007
Three former Warriors make 49ers roster
Advertiser Staff
The three former University of Hawaii players on the San Francisco 49ers survived cutdown day today.The 49ers made their final cut, waiving 13 players and placing two on injured reserve to get down to the 53-man roster.
Making the roster are ex-UH stars Ashley Lelie, a wide receiver, Isaac Sopoaga, a nose tackle, and Jeff Ulbrich, a linebacker.
Lelie was battling for the fourth receiver position; Sopoaga rotated as the starting nose guard; Ulbrich lost his starting job last year.
Two rookies that were injured in the preseason-finale against San Diego were placed on injured reserve. Fourth-round picks LB Jay Moore and DE Joe Cohen suffered season-ending injuries in the loss to the Chargers. Moore injured his ankle, and Cohen suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.
The 49ers waived eight veterans, two first-year players and three rookies.
The 49ers waived veterans S Darnell Bing, LB Colby Bockwoldt, T Harvey Dahl, T Damane Duckett, WR Bryan Gilmore, TE Zachery Hilton, DE Sam Rayburn and S Vickiel Vaughn, first-year players FB Zak Keasey and T Tavares Washington and rookies RB Thomas Clayton, TE Zack Herold and LB Mark Washington.
The 49ers can begin signing players to their eight-man practice squad tomorrow.
