The 49ers on Thursday informed offensive lineman Mike Person that he will be released according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Person, 31, signed with the 49ers prior to the 2018 season and started all 30 games he played, including all 16 in 2018. A neck injury forced him out of two games down the stretch in 2019.
The veteran interior lineman had a $2.5 million cap hit, but the 49ers will incur no dead cap for releasing him after signing him to a three-year deal last offseason.
San Francisco now has a vacancy in their starting offensive line. Internal candidates to fill it are Ben Garland, who signed a one-year deal to return to San Francisco on Wednesday, and Daniel Brunskill who filled in while Person was out last season. The 49ers could also wind up drafting an interior lineman with either of their two first-round picks.
