The Washington Redskins have reportedly struck a trade with San Francisco, acquiring fourth-year tight end Derek Carrier in exchange of a fifth round draft pick.
Hearing 49ers have traded TE Derek Carrier to Washington for a fifth-round pick.
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) August 21, 2015
The former 2012 UDFA out of Beloit College in Wisconsin had brief stints in Oakland and Philadelphia before spending the past two seasons in San Francisco, where he amassed just nine catches for 105 yards across 16 games (one start).
This obviously isn’t going to be a game-changing addition for Washington, but the team really needed to add depth at tight end after recently losing Niles Paul and Logan Paulsen to season-ending injuries.
Jordan Reed boasts loads of upside and breakout potential, but he’s the only other well-known tight end on the team and he’s arguably the most injury-prone player in the league at the position.
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Carrier, 25, boasts impressive athleticism as a former three-sport collegiate star (basketball, track and football) with 4.5 wheels and a 6-foot-3, 238-pound frame. He missed the final five games of his 2014 campaign with a foot injury, but is now signed through 2017 in Washington after signing a two-year extension in San Francisco this past spring.
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