SANTA CLARA – San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy appears to have escaped serious injury after being knocked out early in Monday night’s loss.
The team announced Tuesday that Purdy suffered a right elbow contusion with neuritis.
Purdy had racked up a career-high 377 passing yards in the Monday Night Football game against the Detroit Lions and was in the middle of another drive down the field when he was sacked in the fourth quarter.
Purdy was removed from the game and did not return. After the game, he described the pain as if “my arm was on fire” – leading him to worry that he had re-injured the UCL, which had been surgically repaired in his throwing arm.
On Tuesday, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan reiterated that Purdy’s UCL looked good and there are no long-term concerns about the injury.
Still, Shanahan said Purdy would likely miss the final game of the season next Sunday in Arizona.
The 49ers had already been eliminated from the playoffs just before their Week 16 game in Miami.
