The Facts: Injuries have kept Hyde from playing a full season but he's still done plenty to make a positive impression on the 49ers new coach. "Right now I see Carlos as being our back," Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine. "We studied a lot of the guys on tape. He's the guy that's got the most."

Diehards Line: Hyde came up 12 yards shy of his first 1,000-yard season last year, derailed by a knee sprain in the penultimate game. A contract extension seems feasible for the 2014 second-round draft pick out of Ohio State who is entering the final year of his rookie contract, at a base salary of $822,047. Hyde has appeared in 34 of a possible 48 games over three seasons, and he missed nine games in 2015 because of a foot fracture. Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman flourished in the Falcons’ backfield for Shanahan, who downplayed how his scheme fits certain backs. “If you’re a real good running back, you’re going to be a real good running back,” Shanahan said. “People overrate a little too much with scheme. If you’re a good running back in this league, you’re going to be good in your scheme, whatever that is.”