A look at the 49ers 2022 salary cap situation, & a deep dive into 2023

With under 2 weeks until the 49ers’ players report for training camp, today I figured I’d take a deep look into the 49ers current salary cap situation, as well as a dive into the future for the 49ers.

As of now, the 49ers have $4,375,090 in salary cap room, and should get back some of the $849,600 offseason workout bonuses that were taken out at the beginning of the new league year.

Everyone is focused on pending extensions for wide receiver Deebo Samuel, and defensive end Nick Bosa, which I fully expect to happen, as well as a resolution for the Jimmy Garoppolo situation, with Jimmy finding a new team, but where is the biggest question.

Before we dive into the 49ers 2023 salary cap situation, let’s look at my current locks, 50/50’s, & longshots to make the 2022 roster, in my eyes.

Locks:

1. QB 5 Trey Lance(2024)- $7,751,195
2. QB 7 Nate Sudfeld(2022)- $2,000,000
3. RB 25 Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $870,893
4. RB 28 Trey Sermon(2024)- $1,107,485
5. RB 32 Tyrion Davis-Price(2025)- $928,826
6. FB 44 Kyle Juszcyzk(2025)- $2,958,750
7. WR 19 Deebo Samuel(2022)- $4,809,519
8. WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,417,641
9. WR 15 Jauan Jennings(2022)- $825,000
10. WR/KR/PR 3 Ray-Ray McCloud III(2023)- $1,910,000
11. WR 86 Danny Gray(2025)- $917,255
12. TE 85 George Kittle(2025)- $7,389,340
13. TE 89 Charlie Woerner(2023)- 940,258
14. TE 82 Ross Dwelley(2022)- $1,047,500
15. C 64 Jake Brendel(2022)- $895,000
16. LG 65 Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,607,638
17. RG 76 Jaylon Moore(2024)- $905,759
18. RG 60 Daniel Brunskill(2022)- $2,433,000
19. LT 71 Trent Williams(2026)- $14,031,765
20. LT 68 Colton McKivitz(2022)- $895,000
21. RT 69 Mike McGlinchey(2022)- $10,880,000
22. RT 74 Spencer Burford(2025)- $873,014
23. DE 97 Nick Bosa(2023)- $10,805,564
24. DE 56 Samson Ebukam(2022)- $8,250,000
25. DE 53 Kemoko Turay(2022)- $1,700,000
26. DE 92 Kerry Hyder Jr.(2022)- $1,500,000
27. DE 95 Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,071,344
28. DE 94 Charles Omenihu(2022)- $2,540,000
29. DT 91 Arik Armstead(2024)- $9,576,000
30. NT 99 Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,224,191
31. NT 98 Hassan Ridgeway(2022)- $1,800,000
32. NT 93 Kalia Davis(2025)*- $738,003
33. WLB 57 Dre Greenlaw(2022)- $2,620,429
34. MLB 54 Fred Warner(2026)- $8,134,588
35. MLB 48 Oren Burks(2023)- $1,408,000
36. SLB 51 Azeez Al-Shaair(2022)- $3,986,000
37. CB 35 Charvarius Ward(2024)- $3,800,000
38. CB 4 Emmanuel Moseley(2022)- $6,555,529
39. CB 20 Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,087,693
40. CB 38 Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $896,217
41. CB 26 Samuel Womack III(2025)- $775,831
42. CB 36 Tariq Castro-Fields(2025)- $738,003
43. CB 2 Jason Verrett(2022)*- $895,000
44. CB 27 Dontae Johnson(2022)- $1,047,500
45. FS 1 Jimmie Ward(2022)- $12,935,588
46. FS 33 Tarvarius Moore(2022)- $1,035,000
47. SS 29 Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $885,038
48. SS 30 George Odum(2024)- $1,435,000
49. PK 9 Robbie Gould(2022)- $5,509,313
50. P 18 Mitch Wishnowsky(2022)- $1,156,018
51. LS 46 Taybor Pepper(2022)- $1,120,000

50/50s:

1. QB 10 Jimmy Garoppolo(2022)- $26,950,000
2. RB 22 Jeff Wilson Jr.(2022)- $1,085,000
3. RB 23 JaMycal Hasty(2022)- $895,000
4. WR 17 Malik Turner(2022)- $945,000
5. WR 6 Marcus Johnson(2022)- $895,000
6. TE 84 Tanner Hudson(2022)- $895,000
7. TE 88 Jordan Matthews(2022)- $895,000
8. TE 49 Troy Fumagalli(2022)- $895,000
9. TE 47 Tyler Kroft(2022)- $995,000
10. C 61 Dohnovan West(2024)- $710,000
11. C 62 Jason Poe(2024)- $708,333
12. LG 63 Nick Zakelj(2025)- $752,590
13. RT 67 Justin Skule(2022)- $939,887
14. DE 75 Jordan Willis(2022)- $970,000
15. DE 55 Dee Ford(2022)- $6,949,997
16. DT 90 Kevin Givens(2022)- $895,000
17. DT 96 Maurice Hurst Jr.(2022)- $945,000
18. WLB 47 Jeremiah Gemmel(2024)- $711,666
19. SLB 45 Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles(2022)- $895,000
20. CB 31 Darqueze Dennard(2022)- $895,000
21. SS 14 Leon O’Neal Jr.(2024)- $708,333

Longshots:

1. QB 14 Brock Purdy(2025)- $724,253
2. RB 41 Jordan Mason(2024)- $708,333
3. FB 40 Josh Hokit(2022)- $705,000
4. WR 13 KeeSean Johnson(2022)- $895,000
5. WR 81 Austin Mack(2022)- $825,000
6. WR 83 Tay Martin(2024)- $707,833
7. WR 18 Taysir Mack(2024)- $705,000
8. RG 66 Keaton Sutherland(2022)- $895,000
9. LT 78 Sam Schlueter(2024)- $706,666
10. RT 77 Alfredo Gutierrez(2022)- $705,000
11. DE 58 Alex Barrett(2022)- $825,000
12. DT 77 Kevin Atkins(2024)- $706,666
13. WLB 49 Segun Olubi(2024)- $706,000
14. WLB 59 Curtis Robinson(2022)- $825,000
15. SLB 40 Marcelino McCrary-Ball(2024)- $711,666
16. CB 43 Qwuantrezz Knight(2024)- $707,000
17. CB 24 Ka’dar Hollman(2022)- $895,000
18. FS 41 Tayler Hawkins(2024)- $708,333

Next up is 2023, where the 49ers have 43 players signed, with an estimated $25,2977,919 in salary cap room on a $225 million projected cap, but that’s with just 43 players signed, when we add in enough for the top 51 rule, the 49ers have $19,279,919, but not all of the 43 players will make the 2022 roster, thus they won’t all be signed for 2023.

But let’s look at all 43 players currently signed for 2023, along with their salary cap numbers.

1. LT Trent Williams(2026)- $26,270,000
2. DT Arik Armstead(2024)- $24,346,000
3. MLB Fred Warner(2026)- $18,525,000
4. TE George Kittle(2025)- $18,092,575
5. DE Nick Bosa(2023)- $17,869,000
6. CB Charvarius Ward(2024)- $16,405,000
7. QB Trey Lance(2024)- $9,301,434
8. FB Kyle Juszycyzk(2025)- $6,588,750
9. DT Javon Kinlaw(2023)- $4,928,223
10. WR Brandon Aiyuk(2023)- $3,987,248
11. MLB Oren Burks(2023)- $2,773,000
12. WR/KR/PR Ray-Ray McCloud(2023)- $2,090,000
13. LG Aaron Banks(2024)- $1,929,166
14. SS George Odum(2024)- $1,840,000
15. DE Drake Jackson(2025)- $1,339,180
16. RB Trey Sermon(2024)- $1,328,982
17. CB Ambry Thomas(2024)- $1,305,232
18. RB Tyrion Davis-Price(2025)- $1,161,033
19. WR Danny Gray(2025)- $1,146,569
20. TE Charlie Woerner(2023)- $1,055,258
21. RT Spencer Burford(2025)- $1,038,014
22. RG Jaylon Moore(2024)- $1,020,759
23. CB Deommodore Lenoir(2024)- $1,011,217
24. SS Talanoa Hufanga(2024)- $1,000,038
25. RB Elijah Mitchell(2024)- $985,893
26. CB Samuel Womack(2025)- $940,831
27. LG Nick Zakelj(2025)- $917,590
28. NT Kalia Davis(2025)- $903,003
29. CB Tariq Castro-Fields(2025)- $903,003
30. QB Brock Purdy(2025)- $889,253
31. WLB Jeremiah Gemmel(2024)- $876,666
32. SLB Marcelino McCrary-Ball(2024)- $876,666
33. C Dohnovan West(2024)- $875,000
34. SS Leon O’Neal(2024)- $873,333
35. C Jason Poe(2024)- $873,333
36. RB Jordan Mason(2024)- $873,333
37. FS Tayler Hawkins(2024)- $873,333
38. WR Tay Martin(2024)- $872,833
39. CB Qwuantrezz Knight(2024)- $872,000
40. DT Kevin Atkins(2024)- $871,666
41. LT Sam Schlueter(2024)- $871,666
42. WLB Segun Olubi(2024)- $871,000
43. WR Taysir Mack(2024)- $870,000

Now, it’s way way too early to look at what the 49ers could do in 2023, but let’s look at the teams’ pending free agents, as well as projected draft picks.

UFA:

QB Jimmy Garoppolo
QB Nate Sudfeld
RB Jeff Wilson Jr.
WR Deebo Samuel
WR Malik Turner
WR Marcus Johnson
TE Ross Dwelley
TE Tanner Hudson
TE Jordan Matthews
TE Tyler Kroft
TE Troy Fumagalli
C Jake Brendel
RG Daniel Brunskill
RT Mike McGlinchey
RT Justin Skule
DE Samson Ebukam
DE Dee Ford
DE Jordan Willis
DE Kemoko Turay
DE Kerry Hyder Jr.
DE/DT Charles Omenihu
DT Maurice Hurst Jr.
NT Hassan Ridgeway
WLB Dre Greenlaw
SLB Azeez Al-Shaair
CB Emmanuel Moseley
CB Jason Verrett
CB Dontae Johnson
CB Darqueze Dennard
FS Jimmie Ward
FS Tarvarius Moore
PK Robbie Gould
P Mitch Wishnowsky
LS Taybor Pepper

RFA:

RB JaMycal Hasty
WR KeeSean Johnson
RG Keaton Sutherland
LT Colton McKivitz
DT Kevin Givens
SLB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
CB Ka’dar Hollman

ERFA:

FB Josh Hokit
WR Jauan Jennings
WR Austin Mack
RT Alfredo Gutierrez
DE Alex Barrett
WLB Curtis Robinson

The biggest free agents that the 49ers would likely want to try & keep would be McGlinchey, Moseley, & Ward, but if they play well then they will likely outprice themselves, especially Moseley, who will likely be looking in the $11 million to $13.5 million a year range, which is what D.J. Reed Jr., & Charavarius Ward got, while the 49ers drafted UTSA right tackle Spencer Burford, who could be McGlinchey’s replacement in 2023.

As for Jimmie Ward, this is one player that I would look to lock up long term right now, as the team can save as much as $6.224 million in cap room by extending him now, while also eliminating his $6.395 million dead money hit he’ll have in 2023 if no new contract is reached.

Some other free agents the 49ers will likely look into keeping, but may not be able to afford, the likes of linebackers Dre Greenlaw, & Azeez Al-Shaair, as the team does have the best trio of linebackers in the NFL, but it’s not sure if the 49ers can, or will want to pay for all 3, so they may have to choose between Greenlaw & Al-Shaair.

The team could also, depending on production, look to keep the likes of defensive ends Samson Ebukam, Kemoko Turay, Kerry Hyder Jr., & Charles Omenihu.

As you can see, the 49ers are set up nicely, they have the likes of fullback Kyle Juszcyzk, tight end George Kittle, left tackle Trent Williams, defensive tackle Arik Armstead, middle linebacker Fred Warner, & cornerback Charvarius Ward all signed to long term deals, while they have defensive end Nick Bosa signed for 2023, but as I said earlier, I expect him, and wide receiver Deebo Samuel to get long term extensions done this offseason, plus wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, who should be extended next offseason.

The 49ers also have a plethora of young talent on cheap deals, the likes of running backs Elijah Mitchell, Trey Sermon, & Tyrion Davis-Price, wide receiver Danny Gray, left guard Aaron Banks, right guard Jaylon Moore, right tackle Spencer Burford, defensive end Drake Jackson, nose tackle Kalia Davis, cornerbacks Ambry Thomas, Deommodore Lenoir, Tariq Castro-Fields, Samuel Womack III, & strong safety Talanoa Hufanga, plus their franchise quarterback Trey Lance.

The team also has their 3^rd wide receiver Jauan Jennings as a ERFA in 2023, a RFA in 2024, & UFA in 2025, meaning he’s team controlled for a very good amount of time.

But we do know that the 49ers will need to figure out the center spot, especially for the future, as they didn’t draft one, but they signed 2 promising UDFAs, Arizona State’s Dohnovan West, & Mercer’s Jason Poe.

Lastly, let’s look at the 49ers current projected 2023 draft picks, as they own their own 2^nd-rounder, 3^rd-rounder, 4^th-rounder, 5^th-rounder, & 7^th-rounder, plus Denver’s 7^th-rounder, & will get, as of now, 6 compensatory picks, 2 3^rd-rounders, a 5^th-rounder, a 6^th-rounder, & 2 7^th-rounders, these are for the losses of Robert Saleh/Martin Mayhew, Mike McDaniel, D.J. Jones, Arden Key, K’Waun Williams, & Tom Compton, respectively, so the 49ers have enough draft ammo to move all around the 2023 draft, or to acquire players, either in 2022 or 2023.

With that said, thank you for reading, & you can follow me on Twitter @49erscap.

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Jason Hurley

Die Hard 49ers fan from New York, been covering the 49ers salary cap since 2005, with several different websites, including NinersNation.com, & the now defunct NinerCapHell, I have a track record of being as accurate as possible, & I try to be as thorough as possible.

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