9 4 ▁San ▁Francisco ▁ 4 9 ers ▁season ▁held ▁training ▁camp ▁at ▁Sierra ▁College ▁in ▁Rock lin , ▁California . ▁ ▁Person nel ▁ ▁Staff ▁ ▁R oster ▁ ▁Pre ▁season ▁ ▁Sch edule ▁ ▁Game ▁officials ▁ ▁Reg ular ▁season ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁after ▁the ▁ret ire ments ▁and ▁depart ures ▁of ▁several ▁stal w arts ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁teams , ▁the ▁ 4 9 ers ▁spent ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁money ▁on ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁several ▁star ▁free ▁agent ▁veter ans . ▁The ▁rev amp ▁focused ▁mainly ▁on ▁defense , ▁where ▁six ▁new ▁star ters ▁including ▁Ken ▁N orton , ▁Jr ., ▁Gary ▁Pl um mer , ▁Ric key ▁Jackson , ▁and ▁De ion ▁Sand ers ▁were ▁implemented , ▁all ▁with ▁the ▁ult imate ▁goal ▁in ▁mind ▁of ▁d eth ron ing ▁the ▁Dallas ▁Cow bo ys . ▁Sa id ▁safety ▁M erton ▁H anks , ▁" Th ose ▁players ▁came ▁in ▁on ▁one ▁and ▁two - year ▁de als ▁and ▁they ▁understood , ▁' if ▁we ▁do ▁not ▁get ▁it ▁done ▁this ▁year ▁this ▁organization ▁is ▁going ▁to ▁blow ▁itself ▁up .' " ▁Additionally , ▁several ▁ro ok ie ▁players ▁made ▁key ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁team , ▁some ▁becoming ▁season - long ▁star ters . ▁This ▁included ▁def ensive ▁tack le ▁Bry ant ▁Young , ▁full back ▁William ▁F loyd , ▁and ▁line back er ▁Lee ▁Wood all . ▁The ▁ 4