Getty Images The San Francisco 49ers made it a point to add running backs this offseason. John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan signed Wayne Gallman in free agency, and then also took two in the NFL Draft with Trey Sermon out of Ohio State and Elijah Mitchell out of Louisiana. The former may be the more intriguing prospect, as Sermon recently revealed he has been watching 49ers film for years now. Sermon spent his first three years at Oklahoma before transferring to Ohio State for the 2020 season. Having to learn a new offense, Sermon decided to watch NFL film of teams that utilized an outside zone running scheme. One of the teams he watched? The 49ers. “When I was making the transition to Ohio State, I was looking at a lot of outside zone,” Sermon said, via NBC Sports Bay Area. “The 49ers were definitely one of the teams that…
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