The San Francisco 49ers have offered a tryout to Zach Noreen, a player Trent Baalke saw play on Bemidji State's basketball team.
Noreen hasn't played football since 2009, when he was a senior in high school in Avon, Minn., but he said that he had been approached by Bemidji State football coaches, who had wanted him to play tight end for the Beavers. He went through spring practice last month at Bemidji, and now is bound for San Francisco.
"I got a call (May 10) ... and they said, 'Hey, we were talking about you. What do you think about coming down for rookie camp?'" Noreen told the Times. "Well, I'm not going to say 'no.'"