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The San Francisco 49ers have signed WR Trindon Holliday to a two-year deal and have promoted CB Cameron Fuller to the active roster from the team’s practice squad. In order to make room on the roster, the team has placed G/T Alex Boone and S Bubba Ventrone on the Injured Reserve List.

Holliday (5-5, 166) has played in 32 games and has registered 51 kickoff returns for 1,372 yards (26.9 average) and two touchdowns, along with 82 punt returns for 769 yards (9.4 average) and two touchdowns. Originally selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round (197th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft, Holliday spent time on the Texans practice squad and active roster from 2010-12. He was later waived by Houston on October 10, 2012, and was claimed off of waivers by the Denver Broncos the following day. Holliday signed with the New York Giants as an unrestricted free agent on March 18, 2014, and was waived on October 6, 2014. He then signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 21, 2014, and appeared in one game, before his release on November 17, 2014.

A 28-year-old native of Zachary, LA, Holliday played collegiately at Louisiana State University, where he ranked second in school history with 2,453 combined return yards. He was also an eight-time All-American in track and field for the Tigers.

Fuller (5-11, 175) played collegiately at New Mexico State University, where he appeared in 20 games for the Aggies over two seasons, registering 51 tackles and seven passes defensed. Before transferring to New Mexico State, Fuller spent one year at Contra Costa College, where he was named Second-Team All-League after registering 21 tackles, 13 passes defensed and three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown. He was signed to the 49ers practice squad on December 16, 2014.

Fuller is a 23-year-old native of Richmond, CA.

Boone (6-8, 300) has played in 64 games (46 starts) during his career, including starts in 14 out of 15 games played this season and was selected as an alternate for the 2015 Pro Bowl.

Ventrone (5-10, 200) has played in 97 career games and registered 54 tackles on special teams. This season, he saw action in eight games and registered three tackles on special teams.

source : 49ers.com

OK, San Francisco 49ers fans and other 49ers.com readers, we feel like we owe you an apology.

Over the past month, we have filled your 49ers app, Twitter streams, and Facebook feeds with transactions stories.

But not just any transactions… transactions invariably involving three players: special teamers Kassim Osgood and Bubba Ventrone as well as quarterback Josh Johnson.

Anyway, back to the apology. We’re tardy in delivering an explanation for why general manager Trent Baalke and the 49ers brass have made these moves in succession.

In short, doing so essentially turns the team’s 53-man roster into a 54-man roster.

So far, San Francisco has kept Johnson active during the week, ostensibly to give him practice time. Then it has brought either Ventrone or Osgood back into the fold to play on Sundays. (As the third quarterback on the depth chart, Johnson would likley have been inactive and not cracked the 46-man gameday roster anyway.)

The 49ers did exactly this before their Week 6 and Week 7 ballgames; Osgood was cut and re-signed a two-day span before the Nov. 13 St. Louis Rams game, and Ventrone was cut and re-signed in a three-day span before the Nov. 19 Denver Broncos game.

Most recently, with the team enjoying its bye week, Johnson was re-upped, and Ventrone was let go.

Will this continue?

Here’s something to consider: Starting on Oct. 29, one day after the NFL’s trade deadline, “players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season and postseason.”

What does this mean?

After the 29th, Johnson, Osgood and Ventrone will no longer became outright free agents if they are cut. Other teams could claim them via waivers.

So what comes next?

The 49ers front office will have to decide whether they’ll keep only two of the three players passing through this revolving door or if they’re willing to risk losing one of the three to another team.

While center Daniel Kilgore (season-ending leg injury) potentially being placed on the Injured Reserve List would open up one roster spot, Baalke and Co. will also need to pave the way for the returns of players like outside linebacker Aldon Smith (suspended) and inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman, running back Marcus Lattimore, tight end Garrett Celek and defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, who are all on the way back from injury.

This transaction stuff is only just beginning, folks.

Coach Jim Harbaugh said he expects veteran special-teamer Kassim Osgood to return to the 49ers’ 53-man roster on Tuesday.

Harbaugh said on his KNBR radio show that he anticipates Osgood being back on the team with the likelihood that nose tackle Glenn Dorsey will be placed on injured reserve/designated for return. That move would create a roster spot for Osgood’s return. Osgood was among the 49ers’ final cuts on Saturday.

The 49ers would also like at some point to get back Bubba Ventrone, a special-teams player who was also released on Saturday.