49ers Say They Are Not Looking To Replace Frank Gore

Running back Frank Gore enters the final year of his contract, and the 49ers have now selected running backs in the past three drafts. While the 49ers are planning for life without Gore as the 49ers' every-down back, 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said the club has no intention of running him out of town. "I think you always have to plan for the future," 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said upon the selection of Oklahoma State running Kendall Hunter. "We look at Frank as a 49er and a guy that we would love to have here for his career. This isn't a move to try to replace Frank by any stretch. He's a 49er. Those are the guys that we want to keep in the fold. This is just a chance for us to add a quality player at a position that we needed another player at." The 49ers selected 236-pound Anthony Dixon in the sixth round of the 2010 draft and a year earlier, the 49ers invested a third-round selection in power-running Glen Coffee who abruptly retired last summer during training camp. Dixon ended up sharing time with veteran Brian Westbrook after Gore's injury and gained 237 yards on 70 attempts.

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