During Thursday night’s 12-6 loss against NFC West rival Los Angeles, San Francisco 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell was seen exiting the Levi’s Stadium field with helmet in hand. Campbell’s fourth quarter exit wasn’t injury related, though. San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan revealed afterwards that Campbell refused to enter the game.

The 49ers' loss to the Rams on Thursday night was overshadowed in part by the bizarre refusal of linebacker De'Vondre Campbell to play.

De'Vondre Campbell made the strange decision not to play against the Los Angeles Rams in the 2024 NFL season and 49ers veteran George Kittle reacted strongly. Controversy erupted for the San Francisco 49ers after De’Vondre Campbell told the team he didn’t want to play anymore and left the game in the third quarter of a loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Week 15 of the 2024 NFL season,