Matt Barrows of The Athletic reports that the San Francisco 49ers have offered the wide receiver coach job to quality control coach Leonard Hankerson. He is a former NFL receiver who served as a collegiate wide receivers coach before joining the 49ers in 2021.
Source: #49ers have offered WR coach job to quality control coach Leonard Hankerson. The former NFL wideout was a WR coach at Stephen F. Austin University and the University of Massachusetts before joining the 49ers in 2021.
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) February 18, 2022
The 49ers' former wide receivers coach, Wes Welker, joined new head coach Mike McDaniel, San Francisco's former offensive coordinator, with the Miami Dolphins.
The following is Hankerson's bio from the official 49ers online site.
Hankerson joined the 49ers after spending two seasons (2019-20) as the outside wide receivers coach at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Prior to his time at Stephen F. Austin, Hankerson spent two years at the University of Massachusetts as the school's wide receivers coach (2018) and as an offensive graduate assistant (2017).
Hankerson was drafted by the Washington Commanders in the third round (79th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft. Throughout his five-year NFL career with Washington (2011-14), Atlanta Falcons (2015), Buffalo Bills (2015), and New England Patriots (2015), he appeared in 41 games (14 starts) and registered 107 receptions for 1,408 yards and nine touchdowns. He also saw action in one postseason contest where he registered two receptions for 27 yards.
A native of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Hankerson spent four years (2007-10) at the University of Miami, where he appeared in 41 games (30 starts) and registered 134 receptions for 2,160 yards and 22 touchdowns.