San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Demarcus Robinson will miss the first three games of the season.
The NFL suspended Robinson for three games on Wednesday following his DUI arrest last November, head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed. Robinson is expected to appeal the suspension.
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“D-Rob, we’re not going to have him through the first three weeks,” Shanahan said on KNBR radio, . “You can always appeal it, so we’ll hope for the best on that, but that’s what we are planning for.”
Robinson was arrested in November on a DUI charge when he was still playing with the Los Angeles Rams. He was after officers said they saw him driving more than 100 miles per hour on a Los Angeles-area freeway. He was cited and then released. The .
Robinson later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor DUI. He signed a two-year, $9.5 million deal to join the 49ers in free agency. With the plea deal behind him and the case now closed, the punishment is something that many had expected to be coming down before the start of the 2025 campaign.
“[I’m] pretty anxious,” Robinson said earlier this month about the impending suspension. “Just waiting on the outcome to see what happens with that. I really don’t know the timeframe. Waiting to hear from them, obviously. It’s all up to whatever the league says.”
Robinson had a career-high 505 yards and seven touchdowns on 31 catches last season with the Rams. The former Florida standout was first selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He spent six seasons there, and then played one year with the Baltimore Ravens before joining the Rams in 2023.
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Assuming the three-game suspension is upheld, Robinson will be eligible to return and make his debut with the 49ers on Sept. 28 when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars.
49ers trade for Chiefs WR Skyy Moore
With Robinson out for the start of the season and other big injuries at the position — including Brandon Aiyuk’s knee injury and Jauan Jenning’s calf injury — the 49ers made a move to bolster their wide receivers room on Wednesday afternoon.
The franchise struck a deal to land Chiefs wide receiver Skyy Moore, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In exchange, the teams will swap late-round draft picks in 2027.
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Moore had 244 yards and a touchdown on 21 catches during the 2023 season, his second with the Chiefs after they took him out of Western Michigan the year prior. Moore appeared in just six games last season and didn’t make a catch, however, while being extremely limited with a long core muscle injury.
The 49ers — who went 6-11 and missed the playoffs last season, just a year removed from their run to the Super Bowl — will open their season on Sept. 7 against the Seattle Seahawks.