Buster Skrine

Skrine has played 11 seasons, starting more than 10 games in five of them for the Jets and Browns. His most impactful season was undoubtedly 2014 when he picked off four balls and defensed 18 passes for Cleveland. He's generally been a replacement-level corner. Players that retire this early in camp don't always actually hang it up for good, but Skrine is 33 and has bounced around the back of rosters for a few seasons now. 

Skrine opened 2021 with the 49ers, but he ended up finishing the season as a rotational player with the Titans. Now going on his 12th season in the league, Skrine will look to earn a similar role in training camp. 

Skrine, 32, had an offer to join the Ravens' practice squad but is opting to sign with the Niners' 53-man roster. Skrine has played in the slot for the majority of his 151-game career. The Niners lost CB Jason Verrett to a torn ACL in Week 1.

Skrine, 32 next month, spent two seasons in Chicago, appearing in 28-of-32 games as the team's nickel corner following Bryce Callahan's departure to Denver. He had one year left on his deal, and the Bears will eat $3.3 million in dead cap space. Skrine hasn't picked off a pass since 2017 and is a run-of-the-mill slot cover man.