San Francisco 49ers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell shocked the NFL world this week when he refused to enter the team's Thursday Night Football clash. Campbell, who lost his starting job to the returning Dre Greenlaw, who came back from the Achilles tear he suffered during the Super Bowl.
![[49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan needed the defensive lineman to enter in the third quarter]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/00/93179415-0-image-a-2_1734309455538.jpg)
However, when Campbell was called upon by head coach Kyle Shanahan in the third quarter as Greenlaw experienced soreness from the recuperating injury, he refused. Instead of taking to the field Campbell quit on his team, refusing to play and leaving the sidelines to head back to the locker room.
![[Niners players Charvarius Ward (L) and George Kittle (R) expressed their disappointment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/16/00/93121505-0-Charvarius_Ward-a-3_1734309487279.jpg)
Following the game, Shanahan said the team was 'working through the semantics' of how to handle Campbell. And now it has been revealed that rather than cut the player, the Niners are working with the league office to pursue the maximum punishment for Campbell, according to Jay Glazer.
De'Vondre Campbell (left) refused to enter the San Francisco 49ers game on Thursday. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan needed the defensive lineman to enter in the third quarter. The franchise is reportedly targeting a suspension for the remainder of the season. The team allegedly feels that releasing Campbell and allowing him to join another team would be a 'reward.'.
Glazer also reported that general manager John Lynch confronted Campbell on the sideline after he learnt that the player was refusing to enter the game. Lynch then reportedly sent Campbell to the locker room. After the game, which the 49ers lost 12-6 a number of Campbell's teammates expressed their anger and frustration with one of their own deciding to pull themselves out of the game.
