Former 49ers tight end Vance McDonald is calling it a career. The Steelers announced the 30-year-old will hang up his pads after eight NFL seasons.
McDonald was the 49ers’ second-round pick in the 2013 NFL draft (No. 55 overall) and spent the first four seasons of his career in San Francisco. He didn’t have much success in the Bay Area where he was supposed to be the team’s long-term TE in the post-Vernon Davis era. He wound up posting 64 catches for 866 yards and seven touchdowns in 48 games.
He found a little more success in Pittsburgh where he was traded after signing an extension with San Francisco. In four seasons as a Steeler he had 117 receptions, 1,170 yards and eight touchdowns in 53 games.
In all, the Rice product finished his NFL tenure with 101 games played, 181 catches, 2,036 yards and 15 touchdowns.