With the 49ers wrapping up their rookie minicamp this weekend, it’s time for my first 53-man roster projection, with practice squad, injured lists, & reserve lists.<\/p>\n
OFFENSE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n QB(3): 13 Brock Purdy(2025), 10 Mac Jones(2026), & 14 Tanner Mordecai(2025)<\/p>\n RB(4): 23 Christian McCaffrey(2027), 31 Isaac Guerendo(2027), 29 Jordan James(2028), & 49 Corey Kiner(2027)<\/p>\n FB(1): 44 Kyle Juszcyzk(2026)<\/p>\n WR(5): 15 Jauan Jennings(2025), 1 Ricky Pearsall(2027), 19 Jacob Cowing(2027), 17 Jordan Watkins(2028), & 86 Junior Bergen(2028)<\/p>\n TE(3): 85 George Kittle(2029), 89 Luke Farrell(2027), & 82 Ross Dwelley(2025)<\/p>\n C(2): 64 Jake Brendel(2026), & 61 Matt Hennessy(2025)<\/p>\n LG(2): 78 Ben Bartch(2025), & 75 Connor Colby(2028)<\/p>\n RG(2): 77 Dominick Puni(2027), & 74 Spencer Burford(2025)<\/p>\n LT(2): 71 Trent Williams(2026), & — D.J. Humphries(2025)<\/p>\n RT(1): 68 Colton McKivitz(2025)<\/p>\n DEFENSE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n DE(5): 97 Nick Bosa(2028), 98 Mykel Williams(2028), 94 Yetur Gross-Matos(2025), 91 Sam Okuayinonu(2025), & 51 Robert Beal Jr.(2026)<\/p>\n DT(2): 99 Alfred Collins(2028), & 90 Kevin Givens(2025)<\/p>\n NT(2): 50 C.J. West(2028), & 69 Evan Anderson(2025)<\/p>\n WLB(2): 45 Nick Martin(2028), & 57 Luke Gifford(2025)<\/p>\n MLB(1): 54 Fred Warner(2026)<\/p>\n SLB(2): 53 Dee Winters(2026), & 48 Tatum Bethune(2027)<\/p>\n CB(6): 2 Deommodore Lenoir(2029), 0 Renardo Green(2027), — Tre Brown(2025), 20 Upton Stout(2028), 33 Siran Neal(2026), & 28 Darrell Luter Jr.(2026)<\/p>\n FS(3): 27 Ji’Ayir Brown(2026), 36 Marques Sigle(2028), & 25 Jason Pinnock(2025)<\/p>\n SS(2): 24 Richie Grant(2025), & 30 George Odum(2026)<\/p>\n SPECIAL TEAMS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n PK(1): 4 Jake Moody(2026)<\/p>\n P(1): 3 Mitch Wishnowsky(2026)<\/p>\n LS(1): 46 Jon Weeks(2025)<\/p>\n PUP:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n WR 11 Brandon Aiyuk(2028)<\/p>\n SS 6 Malik Mustapha(2027)<\/p>\n INJURED RESERVE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n QB 4 Kurtis Rourke(2028)<\/p>\n CB 35 Tre Tomlinson(2026)<\/p>\n SUSPENDED:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n WR 5 Demarcus Robinson(2026)<\/p>\n PRACTICE SQUAD:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n RB 32 Patrick Taylor Jr.*<\/p>\n WR 81 Trent Taylor*<\/p>\n WR 84 Russell Gage Jr.*<\/p>\n WR 14 Isaiah Neyor<\/p>\n WR 83 Terique Owens<\/p>\n TE 88 Jake Tonges<\/p>\n TE 9 Brayden Willis<\/p>\n C 66 Drake Nugent<\/p>\n RG 55 Drew Moss<\/p>\n LT — Andre Dillard*<\/p>\n LT 67 Isaac Alarc\u00f3n**<\/p>\n RT — Nicholas Petit-Frere*<\/p>\n DE 58 Alex Barrett<\/p>\n DT 65 Sebastian Valdez<\/p>\n NT 93 Kalia Davis<\/p>\n MLB 36 Curtis Robinson*<\/p>\n CB 49 Jakob Robinson<\/p>\n With this roster, the 49ers would have 75 players signed for the 2025 season, account for $213,334,052, along with a $91,935,649 dead money hit, total of $305,269,701, putting them $36,191,181 under their $341,460,882 adjusted salary cap, but this doesn’t include D.J. Humphries cap number, as he’s yet to be officially signed.<\/p>\n Below are my reasonings for each position, and why I chose who I chose for the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n At quarterback I went with 3, as the only way to have an emergency 3rd QB is for the player to be on the 53-man roster, and we all know Purdy will get a huge extension very soon, they signed Mac Jones to be the #2 QB, which left just Mordecai or Rourke, who is coming off a knee injury, so I have them going with Mordecai, with Rourke on IR.<\/p>\n At running back & fullback I went with 5, the obvious ones being Christian McCaffrey, Isaac Guerendo, & Kyle Juszcyzk, while I like the upside of both rookies Jordan James, & Corey Kiner, while I have Patrick Taylor Jr. on the practice squad as one of the 6 veteran with more than 2 accrued seasons.<\/p>\n At wide receiver, I went with 5, obviously Jauan Jennings & Ricky Persall will start, with Jacob Cowing, Jordan Watkins, & Junior Bergen being the reserve wide outs, with Brandon Aiyuk on PUP to begin 2025, and Demarcus Robinson likely to be suspended for 3 games, if not, then I’d likely keep 1 less player on defense.<\/p>\n At tight end I went with the obvious 3, George Kittle, Luke Farrell, & Ross Dwelley, with Dwelley being the 3rd TE beating out both Jake Tonges, & Brayden Willis, both I have on the teams practice squad.<\/p>\n On the offensive line, I went with 9, starting should be Brendel, Puni, Bartch, Williams, & McKivitz, with Hennessy being the backup C\/G, Burford as backup at both G spots, D.J. Humphries as the swing Tackle, and I like the upside of Connor Colby, hopefully he can end up being the teams left guard in 2026, and hopefully they don’t cut him like they did with Jarrett Kingston.<\/p>\n On the defensive line, I have 9 total players, with Bosa, Williams, Gross-Matos, Okuayinonu, & Beal on the edge, and Collins, West, Givens, & Anderson inside, so this unit should be much better than last year, both pass rushing & stopping the run, if the 49ers want a veteran, they could keep Jordan Elliott, but for now I’m moving off from him.<\/p>\n When it comes to the linebacker, I went with the most obvious 5, Warner, & Martin start, with Winters being the 3rd LB, Bethune, & special teams ace Gifford round out the group, but I can see Curtis Robinson, who I have on the practice squad, making the team as a 6th LB.<\/p>\n In the defensive backfield, it’s going to be Lenoir, Green, Brown, Stout, Neal, & Luter at cornerback, and Brown, Grant, Sigle, Pinnock & Odum at safety, I went heavy here, as the 49ers guaranteed $1 million to Odum, while Neal signed a 2-year deal that has over $2 million fully guaranteed, the rest are obvious locks in my eyes.<\/p>\n And special teams wise, I have the obvious 3, as there’s only 3 on the roster, so Moody at place kicker, Wishnowsky at punter, and Weeks as the teams new long snapper.<\/p>\n I have to let everyone know that this is my first of most likely many projections I have over the next 3 months.<\/p>\n With that said, I thank you for reading, and follow me on X\/Twitter\u00a0@49erscap<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>& on Blue Sky App @49erscap.bsky.social<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the 49ers wrapping up their rookie minicamp this weekend, it’s time for my first…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,110,6,143,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-exclusive","category-player","category-prediction","category-projection","category-roster"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":232,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40033"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40077,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40033\/revisions\/40077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/49erscap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}