Mullens is a second-year quarterback, having been caught by the 49ers as an undrafted free specialist out of Southern Mississippi. He's bobbed around on the 49ers practice squad a bit before Jimmy Garoppolo tore his ACL, at which time John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan elevated him to the dynamic program.
He's never tossed an ordinary season go in an expert football game.
Mullens attempted a considerable measure of goes in school however, tossing 1,546 times more than four years with Southern Miss. His best season was 2015, when the Golden Eagles went 9-5 and he tossed for 4,476 yards and a brutal 38 touchdowns.
The Hoover, Ala. local won the Conference USA Player of the Year grant in 2015 and set his profession high in passing yards in a diversion (591!) in 2016.
Mullens is under community for Beathard, who was under place for Garoppolo, in light of the fact that the first reinforcement is managing hand damage. Shanahan said throughout the entire week he would have been a genuine 50-50 recommendation for this amusement as a result of his circumstance. Furthermore, things being what they are, he's probably not going to play, however it's important Beathard is really anticipated that would be dynamic for the Thursday night diversion, just in a reinforcement job.
The 49ers additionally cut Tom Savage before the diversion, showing Beathard would in reality be ready.
