2026 San Francisco 49ers season

The 2026 season will be the San Francisco 49ers' 77th in the National Football League (NFL), their 81st overall, their 13th playing their home games at Levi's Stadium, and their tenth under the tandem of general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan. The 49ers will attempt to improve upon their 12–5 record from the previous season, make the playoffs for the second consecutive season, and reclaim the NFC West title.

OwnerJed York

General managerJohn Lynch

Head coachKyle Shanahan

Home stadiumLevi's Stadium

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2026 San Francisco 49ers season
Owner	Jed York
General manager	John Lynch
Head coach	Kyle Shanahan
Home stadium	Levi's Stadium
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Offseason

Coaching changes

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2026 San Francisco 49ers coaching staff changes
Position	Previous coach(es)	Vacancy reason	Replacement(s)	Source(s)
Defensive coordinator	Robert Saleh, 2025	Hired by Tennessee	Raheem Morris	^[1]^[2]
Assistant head coach/defense	Gus Bradley, 2025	Hired by Tennessee	Matt Eberflus	^[3]
Defensive backs coach	Daniel Bullocks, 2023	Hired by Green Bay	Jerry Gray	^[4]
Tight ends coach	Brian Fleury, 2022	Hired by Seattle	Cameron Clemmons	^[5]

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Roster changes

Free agency: The 49ers entered free agency with the following:^[6]

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Position	Player	Free agency tag	Date signed	2026 team	Notes
DE	Yetur Gross-Matos	UFA
WR	Jauan Jennings	UFA
DT	Jordan Elliott	UFA	March 12, 2026	Tennessee Titans	Signed two-year contract^[7]
G	Spencer Burford	UFA	March 17, 2026	Las Vegas Raiders	Signed one-year contract^[8]
S	Jason Pinnock	UFA	March 16, 2026	New York Giants	Signed one-year contract^[9]
DT	Kevin Givens	UFA
LB	Luke Gifford	UFA	March 14, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed two-year contract^[10]
WR	Kendrick Bourne	UFA	March 12, 2026	Arizona Cardinals	Signed two-year contract^[11]
WR	Skyy Moore	UFA	March 13, 2026	Green Bay Packers	Signed one-year contract^[12]
LS	Jon Weeks	UFA	March 3, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed one-year contract^[13]
G	Ben Bartch	UFA	March 25, 2026	Detroit Lions	Signed one-year contract^[14]
RB	Brian Robinson Jr.	UFA	March 26, 2026	Atlanta Falcons	Signed one-year contract^[15]
P	Thomas Morstead	UFA
C	Matt Hennessy	UFA	March 13, 2026	Dallas Cowboys	Signed one-year contract^[16]
WR	Trent Taylor	UFA
RB	Patrick Taylor	UFA	March 24, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed one-year contract^[17]
K	Eddy Piñeiro	UFA	March 11, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed four-year contract^[18]
LB	Eric Kendricks	UFA
LB	Garret Wallow	UFA	March 18, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed one-year contract^[19]
DE	Clelin Ferrell	UFA
LB	Curtis Robinson	UFA
DE	Tarron Jackson	RFA
DE	Robert Beal Jr.	RFA	March 12, 2026	Miami Dolphins	Signed one-year contract^[20]
CB	Chase Lucas	RFA	April 10, 2026	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Signed one-year contract^[21]
DE	Sam Okuayinonu	RFA	March 18, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed one-year contract^[22]
TE	Jake Tonges	RFA	March 12, 2026	San Francisco 49ers	Signed two-year contract^[23]
G	Austen Pleasants	ERFA
DT	Kalia Davis	UFA	March 19, 2026	Cleveland Browns	Signed one-year contract^[24]
RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent Legend – Light green background indicates a player has been re-signed by the 49ers. – Light red background indicates a player has departed the 49ers.

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Signings

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Position	Player	2025 team	Date signed	Notes
WR	Mike Evans	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	March 12, 2026	Signed three-year contract^[25]
T	Vederian Lowe	New England Patriots		Signed two-year contract^[23]
G	Brett Toth	Philadelphia Eagles		Signed one-year contract^[23]
LB	Dre Greenlaw	Denver Broncos	March 13, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[26]
CB	Nate Hobbs	Green Bay Packers	March 16, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[27]
WR	Christian Kirk	Houston Texans	March 18, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[22]
P	Corliss Waitman	Pittsburgh Steelers	March 18, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[22]
G	Robert Jones	Dallas Cowboys	March 24, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[17]
CB	Jack Jones	Miami Dolphins	April 13, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[28]
DE	Cameron Sample	Cincinnati Bengals	April 13, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[28]
RB	Sincere McCormick	Minnesota Vikings	April 28, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[29]
S	Patrick McMorris	New York Giants	April 28, 2026	Signed one-year contract^[29]

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Indicates that the player was a free agent at the end of his respective team's 2025 season.

Departures

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Position	Player	Date	Notes
DE	Bryce Huff	March 12, 2026	Retired^[30]
CB	Tre Tomlinson	April 30, 2026	Waived^[31]

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Draft

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2026 San Francisco 49ers draft selections
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	27	Traded to the Miami Dolphins^[A]
1	30	Traded to the New York Jets^[B]			From Broncos via Dolphins^[A]
2	33	De'Zhaun Stribling	WR	Ole Miss	From Jets^[B]
2	58	Traded to the Cleveland Browns^[C]
3	70	Romello Height	DE	Texas Tech	From Browns^[C]
	90	Kaelon Black	RB	Indiana	From Dolphins^[A]
	92	Traded to the Dallas Cowboys^[D]
4	107	Gracen Halton	DT	Oklahoma	From Browns^[C]
	127	Carver Willis	T	Washington
	133	Traded to the Baltimore Ravens^[E]			Compensatory selection
	138	Traded to the Miami Dolphins^[A]			Compensatory selection
	139	Ephesians Prysock	CB	Washington	Compensatory selection
5	152	Traded to the Cleveland Browns^[C]			From Cowboys^[F]
	154	Jaden Dugger	LB	Louisiana	From Ravens^[E]
	166	Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles^[G]
	179	Enrique Cruz Jr.	T	Kansas	Compensatory selection; From Jets^[B]
6	198	Traded to the New England Patriots^[H]			From Vikings via Texans and Vikings^[I]
6	209	Traded to the Washington Commanders^[J]
7	243	Traded to the Houston Texans^[K]

2026 San Francisco 49ers undrafted free agents
Name	Position	College	Ref.
Jack Bouwmeester	P	Texas	^[43]
Khalil Dinkins	TE	Penn State
Bryson Eason	DT	Tennessee
Wesley Grimes	WR	North Carolina State
Mikail Kamara	DE	Indiana
Will Pauling	WR	Notre Dame
Jalen Stroman	S	Notre Dame
James Thompson Jr.	DT	Illinois

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Draft trades

[A]
The 49ers traded a first- and fourth-round selection (27th and 138th overall) to Miami Dolphins in exchange for a first- and third-round selections (30th and 90th overall).^[32]
[B]
The 49ers traded a first-round selection (30th overall) to the New York Jets in exchange for a second- and fifth-round selection (33rd and 179th overall).^[33]
[C]
The 49ers traded second- and fifth- round selections (58th and 152nd overall) to Cleveland Browns in exchange for third- and fourth-round selections (70th and 107th overall).^[34]
[D]
The 49ers traded a third-round selection (92nd overall) to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for DT Osa Odighizuwa.^[35]
[E]
The 49ers traded a fourth-round selections (133rd overall) to Baltimore Ravens in exchange for a fifth-round selections (154th overall) and a 2027 sixth-round selections.^[36]
[F]
The 49ers traded LB Dee Winters to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a fifth-round selection (152nd overall).^[37]
[G]
The 49ers traded a conditional fifth-round selection (166th overall) to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for DE Bryce Huff. This selection would have become a fourth-round selection if Huff recorded eight sacks in 2025, but this condition was not met.^[38]
[H]
The 49ers traded a sixth-round selection (198th overall) to the New England Patriots in exchange for a conditional seventh-round selection and DE Keion White. The condition – which would return the seventh-round selection to New England if White was active for 7 games – was converted on December 22, 2025.^[39]
[I]
The 49ers traded a sixth-round selection (187th overall) and RB Jordan Mason to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for a fifth-round selection (160th overall) and a 2026 sixth-round selection.^[40]
[J]
The 49ers traded a sixth-round selection (209th overall) to the Washington Commanders in exchange for RB Brian Robinson Jr.^[41]
[K]
The 49ers traded a seventh-round selection (243rd overall) to the Houston Texans in exchange for DT Khalil Davis.^[42]

Staff

**San Francisco 49ers staff**
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	Front office Co-chairmen – John and Denise DeBartolo York Principal owner – Jed York Chief executive officer – Al Guido President of football operations/general manager – John Lynch President of 49ers enterprises and EVP of football operations – Paraag Marathe Vice president and senior advisor – Keena Turner Assistant general manager – Brian Hampton Assistant general manager – RJ Gillen Vice president of player personnel – Tariq Ahmad Director of scouting and football operations – Josh Williams Director of college scouting – Dominic DeCiccio Associate director of college scouting – Justin Chabot Director of pro scouting – Fred Gammage III Vice president of football R&D – Matt Ploenzke, PhD Manager, Football R&D – Shravan Ramamurthy Senior personnel advisor – Frank Gore Personnel executive – Ethan Waugh Personnel executive – Kwesi Adofo-Mensah Head coaches Head coach – Kyle Shanahan Assistant head coach/offensive line – Chris Foerster Assistant head coach/defense - Matt Eberflus Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Klay Kubiak Run Game Coordinator – Joe Graves Quarterbacks – Mick Lombardi Running backs – Robert Turner Jr Passing game coordinator/wide receivers – Leonard Hankerson Tight ends – Cameron Clemmons Assistant offensive line – Roman Sapolu Offensive assistant/wide receivers – Andrew Hayes-Stoker Offensive assistant – Miguel Reveles Offensive assistant/tight ends – Deuce Schwartz Offensive assistant/quarterbacks – Jacob Webster			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Raheem Morris Defensive pass game coordinator – Jerry Gray Defensive run game coordinator – Johnny Holland Defensive line – Kris Kocurek Assistant defensive line – Greg Scruggs Linebackers – K. J. Wright Defensive backs/cornerbacks – Ray Brown Defensive quality control – Cameron Brown Defensive quality control – Jake Lynch Defensive quality control – Angel Matute Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Brant Boyer Assistant special teams – Colt Anderson Special teams quality control – Ronald Blair III Coaching operations/support staff Chief of staff/football – Patrick Hagedorn Coaching operations assistant – Max Molz Seasonal coaching assistant – Micah Foerster Strength and conditioning Vice President, Player Health & Performance – Dustin Perry Head strength and conditioning – Mike Nicolini Assistant strength and conditioning – Jordan Nieuwsma Assistant strength and conditioning – Greg Segrove Assistant strength and conditioning – Chauncey Scissum → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

**San Francisco 49ers roster**
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Quarterbacks (QB) 10 Mac Jones 4 Adrian Martinez 13 Brock Purdy 14 Kurtis Rourke Running backs (RB) -- Kaelon Black 31 Isaac Guerendo 29 Jordan James 44 Kyle Juszczyk FB 23 Christian McCaffrey -- Sincere McCormick 32 Patrick Taylor Wide receivers (WR) 86 Junior Bergen 19 Jacob Cowing -- Colton Dowell 5 Mike Evans -- Wesley Grimes -- Christian Kirk -- Will Pauling 1 Ricky Pearsall -- Demarcus Robinson -- De'Zhaun Stribling 81 Malik Turner 17 Jordan Watkins Tight ends (TE) -- Khalil Dinkins 89 Luke Farrell 85 George Kittle 83 Hayden Rucci 88 Jake Tonges 82 Brayden Willis		Offensive linemen (OL) 67 Isaac Alarcón LT 64 Jake Brendel C 75 Connor Colby LG -- Enrique Cruz Jr. RT -- Robert Jones G -- Vederian Lowe LT 68 Colton McKivitz RT 66 Drake Nugent C 60 Brandon Parker RT 62 Austen Pleasants RT 77 Dominick Puni RG -- Zhen Sotelo LG -- Zachary Thomas LT -- Brett Toth LT 71 Trent Williams LT -- Carver Willis G 63 Nick Zakelj G Defensive linemen (DL) 58 Evan Anderson DT 97 Nick Bosa DE 69 Will Bradley-King DE 95 Alfred Collins DT -- Bryson Eason DT -- Gracen Halton DT -- Romello Height DE -- Mikail Kamara DE -- Osa Odighizuwa DT 91 Sam Okuayinonu DE -- Cameron Sample DE -- James Thompson Jr. DT 55 Sebastian Valdez DT 99 CJ West DT 56 Keion White DE 98 Mykel Williams DE		Linebackers (LB) 48 Tatum Bethune MLB -- Jaden Dugger MLB -- Milo Eifler OLB 50 Andrew Farmer OLB 57 Luke Gifford OLB 41 Jalen Graham MLB -- Dre Greenlaw OLB -- Taniela Latu MLB 45 Nick Martin OLB 49 Garret Wallow MLB 54 Fred Warner MLB Defensive backs (DB) 30 Eli Apple CB 27 Ji'Ayir Brown FS 40 Derrick Canteen FS 22 Darrick Forrest S 0 Renardo Green CB -- Nate Hobbs CB -- Jack Jones CB 2 Deommodore Lenoir CB 28 Darrell Luter Jr. CB -- Patrick McMorris S 6 Malik Mustapha FS 33 Siran Neal CB -- Ephesians Prysock CB 49 Jakob Robinson CB 36 Marques Sigle SS 20 Upton Stout CB -- Jalen Stroman FS Special teams (ST) -- Jack Bouwmeester P 18 Eddy Piñeiro K -- Corliss Waitman P 46 Jon Weeks LS		Reserve 11 Brandon Aiyuk WR (Left squad) 84 active, 1 reserve, 8 unsigned As of April 30, 2026. Rookies in italics. Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The 49ers' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

Schedule

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Week	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	September 11^[a]	5:35 p.m.	at Los Angeles Rams			Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne)

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2026 opponents

Listed below are the 49ers' opponents for 2026. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.^[44]
On February 5, 2026, the NFL announced that the 49ers, as the road team, would face the Los Angeles Rams at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, as part of the NFL International Series.^[45]^[46]
The 49ers will also play one of their home games at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City sometime in December, becoming the first team to play multiple international games in non-consecutive weeks.^[47]

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Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (NFC West)	Arizona Cardinals Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks
Conference opponents (NFC East)	Philadelphia Eagles Washington Commanders	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants
Conference opponents (based on 2025 division placement)	Minnesota Vikings	Atlanta Falcons
Interconference opponents (AFC West)	Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders	Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers
Interconference opponent (based on 2025 division placement)	Miami Dolphins	No game

2026 San Francisco 49ers season

Offseason

Coaching changes

Roster changes

Signings

Departures

Draft

Staff

Current roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

2026 opponents

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