The 49ers will sign fullback Owen Marecic, who played for Harbaugh at Stanford and was released by the Browns this week, the SportsXchange’s Kyle Bonagura reported. During Marecic’s college career, Harbaugh termed the two-way standout the “perfect football player.†At the time, Harbaugh’s wife, Sarah, said her husband looked at looked at Marecic “like somebody else would look at a beautiful woman.†In 2011, Harbaugh made it clear he wanted to draft Marecic, who went to Cleveland in the fourth round. “We did everything we could to get him here and we came up short on that one,†Harbaugh said. “Cleveland got an outstanding football player in Owen Marecic. Like (general manager) 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. “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. That was a heck of a job by them.†The 49ers have a dependable fullback in Bruce Miller, who has started 33 of their past 34 games, including the playoffs, dating back to his rookie season in 2011. Source: San Francisco Chronicle
