49ers’ cornerback Jason Verrett done for season with torn rotator cuff

SANTA CLARA — On the precipice of yet another remarkable comeback, 49ers’ cornerback Jason Verrett instead continued his incredible run of bad luck.

Scheduled to be promoted from the practice squad and play a substantial amount in Sunday’s regular season finale against the Los Angeles Rams, Verrett learned that a fall in practice the previous day resulted in a torn rotator cuff.

Verrett will undergo surgery with a four- to six-month recovery period.

The official injury report Friday contained not big surprises. Listed as out were defensive tackle Arik Armstead (foot), safety Ji’Ayir Brown (knee), tight end Ross Dwelley (ankle), safety Tashaun Gipson (quad) and cornerback Ambry Thomas (hand). All will be inactive in addition to quarterback Brock Purdy, who will be rested.

The 2023 comeback for Verrett lasted all of five snaps, those coming after halftime in the 49ers’ Christmas night loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

Verrett, 32, joined the 49ers practice squad last month and the Rams game was going to be used to monitor his progress and see if he could be a factor in the postseason.He’s going to be down a little bit and I hope he hangs around here because we love him and this will pass like it always does. It was a long road to get back to this point, I just told him I can’t believe how good he’s looked. I didn’t think it would ever be possible to come back to hat he has, all the knees and the Achilles’, and he did.

A former first round draft pick by the San Diego Chargers, Verrett tore his left Achilles’ tendon at 49ers practice on Nov. 9, 2022. He was lot to a torn right anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the 2021 opener in Detroit. HIs first five seasons with the Chargers were cut short by injuries to his left shoulder (2014), left ACL (2016), knee (2017) and right Achilles’.

“He was practicing his butt off all week,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “He wa going to play a lot in this game. He’s been awesome for the last month. He jumped for a ball and just came down on his shoulder in an awkward position. It’s crushing for him but it’s also a shoulder injury. It’s not a knee or a leg.”

Shanahan said Verrett got up quickly from the spill and it appeared his arm was hurt, but initially resisted the idea of an MRI until he came in Friday morning.

The surgery will have a four- to sixth month recovery time. Verrett is not under contract past this season.

“He’s going to be down a little bit and I hope he hangs around here because we love him and this will pass like it always does,” Shanahan said. “It was a long road back to get to this point. I jut told him I can’t believe how good he looked. I didn’t think it would ever be possible to come back from what he’s had like he did.”

GOING QUIET ON MCKIVITZ: Right tackle Colton McKivitz faced the music in Week 1 and ended up hitting the right note for an entire season.

About the only problem with the 49ers’ 30-7 season-opening win was T.J. Watt blowing past McKivitz for three sacks. Given that McKivitz went into the season as somewhat of a question mark for free agent departure Mike McGlinchey, it was a cause for concern among the fan base.

Turned out it was a spring board to a solid season.

“Some guys, it’s hard, the bright lights come and you don’t want to be the guy everybody sees,” line coach/run game coordinator Chris Foerster said. “Colton’s got that tough mindset to get himself through it.”

McKivitz is a coaches dream in that he takes responsibility.

“I’ll ask him, Hey Colt, what happened on that play,’ ” Foerster said. “And Colt looks at me and says, `Yeah, I didn’t do what you’ve told me to do a thousand times.”