Kendricks, 32, joins the 49ers after linebacker Dre Greenlaw suffered a torn Achilles in the Super Bowl. Greenlaw could miss much of the 2024 season.
The Minnesota Vikings drafted Kendricks (6-0, 232) as a second-round pick (No. 45 overall) out of UCLA in 2015. Last season, he registered 117 tackles, including seven tackles for a loss, seven quarterback hits, 3.5 sacks, six passes defensed, and a forced fumble in 15 game appearances (14 starts) with the Chargers, per Pro Football Reference.
In his nine NFL seasons with the Vikings and Chargers, Kendricks has recorded 1,036 tackles, including 61 tackles for a loss, 36 quarterback hits, 18.5 sacks, 57 passes defensed, nine interceptions, two touchdowns, and five forced fumbles in 132 game appearances, with 127 starts.
Kendricks has recorded more than 100 tackles in each of his past eight seasons and earned first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in 2019.
The 49ers have two linebackers—Oren Burks and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles—scheduled to become unrestricted free agents today.
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