Talanoa Hufanga has not played a snap for the San Francisco 49ers in a little under a year.The All-Pro safety missed out on playing in Super Bowl 58 for San Francisco after suffering a torn ACL in the 49ers' Week 11 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last November.

Hufanga didn’t participate in training camp, but got close enough to returning to come off the Physically Unable to Perform list at final cuts. That made him eligible to return as soon as he was ready instead of waiting the requisite four weeks had he stayed on an injured list.

The San Francisco 49ers could be getting back a major piece of their defense this week, as safety Talanoa Hufanga practiced in full for the first time on Thursday, taking another step up in getting ready to play in an actual game.