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Colorful 49ers long snapper Taybor Pepper hopes perseverance finally pays off
The 49ers signed Taybor Pepper to replace longtime long snapper Kyle Nelson on Sept. 30 and Pepper debuted in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles by not calling attention to himself, the goal of any long snapper. However, given his position’s lack of job security, along with his zig-zagging career arc, Pepper knows better than to assume his rugged road has been replaced by easy street.