Report: Former WR Austin to join 49ers coaching staff

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin is set to join the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff as offensive quality control coach, according to an ESPN report. Austin, 34, who spent 10 years in the NFL and most recently had been in the Cowboys scouting department, will join the staff of head coach Kyle Shanahan. Austin played for the Cleveland Browns in 2014, the same year Shanahan was the offensive coordinator there.

Austin, who also played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles, had 361 career receptions for 5,273 yards and 37 touchdowns. In his eight seasons with the Cowboys, he had 301 of those catches for 4,481 yards and 34 TDs. The Monmouth product, who was an undrafted free agent, had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons for the Cowboys in 2009 and 2010, and was selected to the Pro Bowl both times.

Austin will replace T.C. McCartney, who left the 49ers to become the quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos. -Field Level Media

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