49ers LB De’Vondre Campbell refuses to enter game after losing his starting spot
Associated PressSANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refused to enter Thursday night’s game in the third quarter after losing his starting job when Dre Greenlaw returned from an injury. Campbell had started 12 of the first 13 games of the season and played 90% of defensive snaps for the 49ers but was benched for San Francisco’s 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams after Greenlaw came back for his first game since tearing his left Achilles tendon in last season’s Super Bowl. “He said he didn’t want to play today,” coach Kyle Shanahan said after the loss, which left the 49ers on the brink of playoff elimination. He’s probably going get cut soon.” The 31-year-old Campbell signed a one-year, $5 million deal in the offseason with San Francisco after being cut by Green Bay in March.