De’Vondre Campbell (Photo by Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
The San Francisco 49ers have chosen to sit linebacker De’Vondre Campbell for the remainder of the season following his refusal to go into their game against the Los Angeles Rams last Thursday.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan revealed the player quit on the team midway through the game after he was seen walking to the locker room.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Niners will suspend him for three games, so he will not appear again this season.
Sources: The #49ers are planning to suspend LB De’Vondre Campbell three games, ending his season, after Campbell refused to go into the game on Thursday night.
Coach Kyle Shanahan had said, “His actions from the game is just not something you can do to your team.” pic.twitter.com/eVCPU1t5wy
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 16, 2024
“His actions from the game is just not something you can do to your team,” Shanahan said last week, suggesting the player was done in San Francisco.
De’Vondre Campbell Was Sent Into The Locker Room By Niners GM John Lynch
Campbell signed a one-year deal with the team back in March. A former first-team All-Pro, he reportedly refused to go into Thursday’s game both in the second and third quarters.
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According to FOX’s Jay Glazer, GM John Lynch was the one who sent him into the locker room.
“John Lynch actually went down there in the [third] quarter and confronted him on it, saying, ‘You don’t want to go in the game? You’re refusing?’” the insider said on ‘The Inside Scoop’. “Yes. It was Lynch who sent him in the locker room.
“By the way, I got players who called me after and said, ‘Hey, we’ve heard you talk about this alter-ego John Lynch, this 47 Red character. Man, we saw it. That dude is crazy,’” Glazer continued. “They all saw it firsthand.”
Old Tweets Of De’Vondre Campbell Have Been Unearthed And They Reveal He’s Been Planning To “Quit” Long Before He Walked Out On His 49ers During TNF
De’Vondre Campbell (Photo via Amazon prime)
De’Vondre Campbell’s behavior single-handedly made an already tough night for the San Francisco 49ers even worse.
In a rain-soaked stadium, the team went out on Thursday night, barely hanging on in the playoff race, and desperately needed a win against the Los Angeles Rams to stay afloat.
In the second half of a tight game, linebacker De’Vondre Campbell decided he would no longer play.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan told media after the game that the nine-year veteran, who had started 12 of 13 games this season before Thursday night, told the team he didn’t want to play and promptly left the field.
Campbell went to the locker room in the second half.
“He said he didn’t want to play today,” Shanahan said.
It seems the behavior of De’Vondre Campbell could’ve been predicted just based on his social media behavior.
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Campbell played football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 2013 and was having doubts about his future career.
He was digging how he looked and thought he should quit football altogether.
In 2013, resurfaced tweets show that De’Vondre Campbell was seriously thinking of quitting football to become an underwear model.
George Kittle Rips De’Vondre Campbell For His Behavior
What has happened to the 49ers?
Less than a year ago, the San Francisco 49ers were on top of the world, preparing to play in Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs are still great, while the Niners are looking like a shell of themselves.
Things only got worse on Thursday night when linebacker De’Vondre Campbell told coaches he “didn’t want to play today” and left for the locker room in the third quarter.
Campbell’s teammates also had a lot to say about his refusal to enter the game.
Tight end George Kittle said he doesn’t know how someone could do that to their teammates.
“I think that’s ignorant,” Kittle said of the situation. “And I think it’s just dumb. It’s just stupid, and it’s very immature. I just don’t see how you could do something like that to your team.”
