Quick 49ers free agency recap so far

In addition to signing five of their eight draft picks, the San Francisco 49ers officially announced the signing of the following five undrafted free agents. All five signings had already been reported but were made official today. OL Alfredo Gutierrez, 6-9, 332, Tecnológico de Monterrey LB Justin Hilliard, 6-1, 231, Ohio State TE Josh Pederson, 6-5, 235, Louisiana Monroe LB Elijah Sullivan, 6-0, 215, Kansas State WR Austin Watkins Jr., 6-3, 210, Alabama at Birmingham The 49ers Communications staff provided the following rundowns. OL Alfredo Gutierrez Grew up

The connections to some of the all-time great safeties are strong for 49ers rookie Talanoa Hufanga as he begins his NFL career. Hufanga, who was selected by the 49ers in Round 5 of the 2021 NFL Draft after a standout career as a safety at USC, is currently at 49ers facilities with other members of his draft class as he prepares for rookie minicamp this weekend (Friday-Saturday). He spoke to reporters on Wednesday about his relationship to three legendary safeties in particular in Troy Polamalu, 49ers legend Ronnie Lott, and 49ers general manager John Lynch. Hufanga first spoke about Polamalu, with whom he has a well-documented relationship after the

When general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan approached Jed York about the possibility of trading up to the No. 3 overall pick, the San Francisco 49ers CEO made it clear that he trusted his team's top decision-makers and encouraged them to do whatever they felt was best for the organization. They had one more ask, though. Lynch and Shanahan also wanted to hold onto Garoppolo, who will earn a base salary of $24.1 million this year. That is a lot of money to commit to a player they were looking to replace. However, it does set the team up for immediate success. "And he backed it 100 percent because he wants to win,"

A new year, a new number for Jaquiski Tartt. The safety re-signed with the San Francisco 49ers in March and announced today that he is switching his jersey number from No. 29 to No. 26. 🤷🏿‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/3afYKivomG— Jaquiski 'Quaski' Tartt (@Quaski29) May 3, 2021 Running back Tevin Coleman wore No. 26 over the last two