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The San Francisco 49ers’ wide receiving corps took another hit on Wednesday as head coach Kyle Shanahan said Demarcus Robinson faces a three-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

The 49ers signed Robinson, a Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs, in the offseason after he spent two years with the Los Angeles Rams .

Shanahan told KNBR Radio that Robinson was suspended pending an appeal after he pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor DUI charge. The NFL declined to comment on the suspension, according to The Associated Press.

Robinson was supposed to be one piece of the new targets for quarterback Brock Purdy. Instead, he will likely be absent from the team to start the yea

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