SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -Manny Lawson wants a new contract from the San Francisco 49ers.
The outside linebacker showed up for a mandatory minicamp on Thursday after missing the 49ers voluntary workouts. He says he needed a change in scenery and that he is in the best shape of his life.
Lawson started all 16 games last year for the first time in his career, leading the 49ers with a career-high 6.5 sacks. Since then, San Francisco has extended the contracts of other young players the team feels are key to its future.
Lawson is in the final season of the five-year, $7.5 million deal he signed as the second of San Francisco’s two first-round draft picks in 2006. His base salary of $630,000 pays him less than two of the team’s other outside linebackers.
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