The San Francisco 49ers’ training camp took a hit Monday when Mike Evans was held out with a quad strain, a setback that comes as the team tries to build toward the 2026 NFL season.
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported on X, formerly Twitter: “49ers WR Mike Evans is not practicing today due to a quad strain,”
There’s no word yet on when the strain happened or how long Evans could be sidelined, but it’s the kind of update San Francisco did not want this early in camp.
Evans arrived in the offseason as one of the 49ers’ headline additions, joining the team after spending his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 49ers brought him in to strengthen a receiver group that suddenly needs all the help it can get.
That urgency grew even more after the news that Ricky Pearsall will be out for the year because of an injury that lingered from last season and carried through the offseason.
Evans has been remarkably durable for much of his career, though injuries have become more of a factor in recent seasons. He missed a large portion of last year in Tampa Bay with a broken collarbone.
Now 32, and 33 when the season begins, Evans is at a stage where teams are watching the mileage closely. Even so, he still brings the kind of traits that can change a game: a real deep threat, strong hands, and the ability to win above smaller defensive backs.
The 49ers open their season on September 10 against the Los Angeles Rams.
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