Former 49ers wide receiver announces immediate retirement from football

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Wide receiver Steven Dunbar Jr., who played eight seasons of professional football and made two All-Star teams in the Canadian Football League, announced his immediate retirement Wednesday.

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“I’m officially retiring from football,” Dunbar wrote on X. “Thank you God. Thank you to my family for all the sacrifices along the years of me playing. Thank you to my teammates and coaches throughout the journey. Thank you to myself for giving it all you had. Looking forward to what’s next”

A native of Metairie, Louisiana, Dunbar played collegiately at the University of Houston. In 2017, he led the Cougars with 1,070 receiving yards on 76 receptions while pulling in three touchdowns. He ended his career 10th on the Houston career receptions chart with 180, and 10th on the career receiving yards chart with 2,430.

Dunbar went undrafted in the NFL but signed with the San Francisco 49ers in May 2018. He would go on to play for the 49ers in the 2018 preseason, but made only one appearance in the 2018 regular season without receiving a pass.

That would prove to be the only NFL game of Dunbar’s career; he spent most of the 2018 season on San Francisco’s practice squad. He spent a month with the Denver Broncos in the 2019 preseason.

From 2020-25, Dunbar played in the CFL for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Elks. In 70 CFL games, he caught 274 passes for 3,836 yards and 22 touchdowns.

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