49ers Star Deebo Samuel Is Changing His Jersey Number

 49ers Star Deebo Samuel Is Changing His Jersey Number

San Francisco 49ers star Deebo Samuel is switching up his number for the 2024 season.

The 49ers tweeted out a time-lapse video Tuesday afternoon illustrating the changes Samuel is making. In addition to going from No. 19 to No. 1, the 28-uear-old wide receiver will now have "Samuel Sr." on the back of his jersey.

Samuel has worn No. 19 since entering the NFL in 2019. However, he wore No. 1 while in college in South Carolina, so that's why he's making the switch now.

No word yet on if Samuel will be changing his @19problemz Twitter handle, but he's already changed his Instagram username to "1deebosr." 

Perhaps this new digit will be good luck for San Francisco's Super Bowl pursuit, which came up one win short for the second time in the last five seasons this year.

"It’s kind of hard, because basically our job is football, so it’s just like, ‘All right, let’s use this as motivation where you get back in the lab just to put yourself in a position and try to do your best to get back,’” 

Samuel said on Up & Adams this month. “People just say there’s always next year, but I heard that in 2019 and it took four more years to get where we’re at. So, it’s not that easy as people think to get to the Super Bowl.

 It takes everything. It takes me, the coaches, the people upstairs, you bring people in to help. For everything to play out right, you’re not just gonna snap your hands and be back in the Super Bowl again.”