The other postseason awards from the AP were in doubt, but not Coach of the Year. Jim Harbaugh led the San Francisco 49ers to a 13-3 record and the NFC Championship Game. He did so with a quarterback who couldn’t wait to leave San Francisco at the end ... »
With the season officially over (I know, it hurts me more to type that than it was originally surprising to type things like "NFC Championship Game") the 49ers move into off-season mode. One of the first steps in doing-so is handing out the yearly awar... »
Aldon Smith finished 0.5 sacks behind Jevon Kearse’s rookie record of 14.5 set back in 1999, but Smith’s year was still good enough for Pro Football Weekly-Pro Football Writers Association to call Smith the 2011 Defensive Rookie of the Year. The voting... »
The recognition for the resurgent San Francisco 49ers continues to roll in as rookie outside linebacker/defensive end Aldon Smith was named NFL Defensive Player of the Month for October. He finished the month with 17 tackles, 6.5 sacks, one forced fumb... »
It seems the nation has taken notice of the stellar play of rookie Aldon Smith who for the 2nd consecutive week was voted by fans as the Pepsi Defensive Player of the Week . Veteran running back Frank Gore who has been on a tear the last few weeks toda... »
INDIANAPOLIS -- Mychal Kendricks, the reigning Pac-12 defensive player of the year at Cal, needed to look no further than across the bay for role models when it came to project himself as an NFL player. »
