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2020 49ers 53-player roster breakdown at Saturday cut-down deadline
The San Francisco 49ers have their 53-player roster after three days' worth of moves, which started on Thursday.
Below is a breakdown, position-by-position, of the players who remain. Of course, this could change based on any transactions that take place after 1 p.m. on Saturday.
NFL teams can put in a claim for any of the over 1,100 new free agents who were waived by their respective former teams until 9 a.m. PT on Sunday.
The 49ers will also begin putting together a 16-player practice squad at 10 a.m. on Sunday. For the 2020 season, each NFL practice squad can carry up to six players with an unlimited amount of NFL experience.
Linebacker
Fred Warner begins the season on the reserve/COVID-19 list and does not count against the 53-man roster. The 49ers apparently left a spot open for him as the team currently has 52 players on the active roster.
RELATED 49ers 2020 Roster Tracker: 53-player cut-down
* Rookie player
Quarterbacks (3)
C.J. Beathard
Jimmy Garoppolo
Nick Mullens
Running Backs (4)
Tevin Coleman
Jerick McKinnon
Raheem Mostert
Jeff Wilson Jr.
Fullback (1)
Kyle Juszczyk
Wide Receivers (6)
Brandon Aiyuk *
Kendrick Bourne
Richie James
Dante Pettis
Deebo Samuel
Trent Taylor
Note: Samuel was activated from the non-football injury list on Saturday.
Tight Ends (4)
Ross Dwelley
George Kittle
Jordan Reed
Charlie Woerner
Offensive Linemen (8)
Daniel Brunskill
Tom Compton
Ben Garland
Mike McGlinchey
Colton McKivitz *
Justin Skule
Laken Tomlinson
Trent Williams
Defensive Linemen (9)
Arik Armstead
Nick Bosa
Dee Ford
Kevin Givens
Kerry Hyder Jr.
D.J. Jones
Javon Kinlaw *
Kentavius Street
Solomon Thomas
Linebackers (5)
Azeez Al-Shaair
Kwon Alexander
Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
Dre Greenlaw
Mark Nzeocha
Defensive Backs (9)
Marcell Harris
Tarvarius Moore
Emmanuel Moseley
Richard Sherman
Jaquiski Tartt
Jason Verrett
Jimmie Ward
K'Waun Williams
Ahkello Witherspoon
Specialists (3)
Robbie Gould
Kyle Nelson
Mitch Wishnowsky
Reserve/COVID-19 List (1)
LB Fred Warner
Injured Reserve List
WR
Tavon Austin
WR
Jalen Hurd
WR J.J. Nelson
Reserve/Physically-Unable-to-Perform List
DE
Ronald Blair
C
Weston Richburg
DE Jullian Taylor
Click here to view a list of the players who were released or waived leading to the formation of the 53-player roster.
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