“Just been my journey,” he said. “It has been a battle, man. One thing about me, I am always going to battle through. Not too worried about too many of the obstacles that I have faced, I take them head on. I am just happy that I have got an organization right here that still believes in me despite everything I have been through.”
The fact that the team believed in him was on display a month ago when Verrett first worked out for the team. Seven of his former teammates stayed late to watch his workout and support him. That stuck with Jason Verrett. “The guys who stayed and watched me do my workout, the relationship I got with these guys is bigger than just being in the locker room,” he said. “We got relationships outside of this. So I was definitely fortunate and blessed to have them watch me and it just shows what I mean to them and what they mean to me.”
One reason 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan wanted Jason Verrett back on the team is his institutional knowledge of the franchise, and the NFL in general. He played for the 49ers from 2019-21, but was limited to just 15 games in three years because of a wave of misfortune with injuries. But his attitude, work ethic and outlook impressed teammates and coaches.
Before his time with the 49ers, Verrett was a Pro Bowl corner for the Chargers in his second season, 2015. Then the injuries started. First it was his ACL, in 2016. Then it was another knee surgery in 2017. In 2018, it was a torn Achilles tendon suffered on the first day of training camp.
