Fullback Owen Marecic, a former Stanford star under coach Jim Harbaugh, has signed a one-year deal with the 49ers, the club announced Tuesday. In a corresponding roster move, defensive tackle Ian Williams was placed on season-ending injured reserve because of a broken left ankle. Marecic played the past two seasons with the Cleveland Browns, totaling only four carries (8 yards) and five receptions (31 yards) in 24 games (six starts). The Browns released him Aug. 27. The 49ers reportedly worked out Marecic two weeks ago. After the Browns drafted Marecic in the fourth round, Harbaugh said then: “We did everything we could to get him here and we came up short on that one. Cleveland got an outstanding football player in Owen Marecic. “Like Trent (Baalke) said, I’m going to be, in my mind, associated with Owen Marecic for a long time and following him and his career,†Harbaugh continued. “I’ll be a fan because I love the way he plays football. I texted him and said we tried. It didn’t happen. That was one that we didn’t get that is a 49er kind of guy and Cleveland will be very happy with him and that was a heck of a job by them.†Source:[url="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers/2013/09/17/fb-marecic-reunited-with-harbaugh-co-williams-placed-on-ir/]Mercury News[/url]
