Jason Hill Now a Jacksonville Jaguar

Former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jason Hill has been picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars.  The Jaguars were awarded the waiver claim which allowed them to get him after he was cut by the 49ers earlier this week.

Hill was released in the beginning of the season but was resigned when Ted Ginn Jr. went down with his injury.  Hill, who grew up in San Francisco, has played in 32 games with the 49ers and has 40 receptions for 413 yards and four touchdowns.

With Ted Ginn out, 49ers sign Jason Hill

The injury to wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. appears to be more serious than originally thought.  Ginn sprained his MCL during the Seahawks game on Sunday and is expected to miss the Monday night game and more.  With Ginn not playing that would have given the 49ers only healthy three wide receivers (Michael Crabtree, Josh Morgan, Dominique Ziegler).  The 49ers fifth wide receiver, Kyle Williams is also injured and will not play.

With the injury to Ginn the 49ers made a move.  They signed Jason Hill, a receiver who drafted by the 49ers in 2007 and recently cut by the 49ers.  They also had to cut cornerback Tramaine Brock from the 53-man roster to make room for Hill and they cut linebacker Bruce Davis from the practice squad in hopes of signing Brock to the practice squad.  

With Ginn not able to play Mike Singletary will likely have cornerback Phillip Adams return punts and have wide receiver Josh Morgan return kicks.

Roster cuts: 49ers cut five

Roster cutdown day is among us with teams needing to get their roster down to 53 players by tomorrow.  Most of the moves that are made are pretty obvious but then there are always those surprise moves. 

The 49ers made one of those surprise moves today, the 49ers cut special-teams captain Michael Robinson.  Robinson was drafted in the 4th round of the 2006 NFL draft by former coach Mike Nolan.  When he was drafted it was a questionable move to take the former quarterback but Robinson became a great special-teams leader.

The 49ers also cut wide receiver Jason Hill, a local kid from San Francisco, veteran cornerback Karl Paymah, and fullbacks Brit Miller and Jehuu Caulcrick.