Photo Credit: Chris Mezzavilla
The 49ers have finally cut their roster down to 53 players, announcing their roster cuts nearly two hours after the 1 p.m. PT deadline.
Below are the roster cuts, per the team. Here are some of the more notable moves:
- Cutting Nate Sudfeld, sticking with two quarterbacks
- Cutting the 25-year-old Colton McKivitz in favor of the 32-year-old Tom Compton
- Cutting Dontae Johnson in favor of Davontae Harris, who has been mostly injured since joining the 49ers
- Cutting Wayne Gallman over JaMycal Hasty
- Cutting Ha Ha Clinton-Dix over Tavon Wilson
- Trading Jonas Griffith to keep five linebackers, with Marcell Harris and Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles being the fourth and fifth linebackers
- Cutting tight end MyCole Pruitt, who’s a solid run blocker and was guaranteed $500,000 of his base salary
- Cutting Travis Benjamin and Nsimba Webster and sticking with the most talented wide receivers in Jalen Hurd and Jauan Jennings as the final two
The following is from the 49ers:
“The San Francisco 49ers today announced they have traded LB Jonas Griffith and a 2022 seventh-round draft pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos 2022 sixth-round and 2023 seventh-round draft choices. The team also announced the following roster moves:
The following players have been placed on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform List:
Pos. Name
DB Tarvarius Moore
RB Jeff Wilson Jr.
The following player has been placed on the Injured Reserve List:
Pos. Name
T Shon Coleman
The following players have been released:
Pos. Name
WR Travis Benjamin
OL Jake Brendel
S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
RB Wayne Gallman II
CB Dontae Johnson
OL Senio Kelemete
TE Jordan Matthews
TE MyCole Pruitt
QB Nate Sudfeld
DL Eddie Yarbrough
The following players have been waived:
Pos. Name
DL Alex Barrett
WR River Cracraft
DL Darrion Daniels
OL Alfredo Gutierrez
LB Justin Hilliard
FB Josh Hokit
OL Corbin Kaufusi
S Jared Mayden
OL Colton McKivitz
CB Alexander Myres
OL Dakoda Shepley
LB Elijah Sullivan
WR Nsimba Webster
The following player has been placed on the Reserve/Suspended List:
Pos. Name
DL Jordan Willis”
Here’s what the roster looks like after those cuts:
Quarterback:
In (2): Jimmy Garoppolo, Trey Lance
Out (1): Nate Sudfeld
Backfield:
In (5): Kyle Juszczyk, Raheem Mostert, Trey Sermon, Elijah Mitchell, JaMycal Hasty
Out (2): Wayne Gallman, Josh Hokit
PUP (1): Jeff Wilson Jr.
Tight end:
In (3): George Kittle, Ross Dwelley, Charlie Woerner
Out (1): MyCole Pruitt, Jordan Matthews
Wide receiver:
In (6): Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, Mohamed Sanu, Trent Sherfield, Jauan Jennings, Jalen Hurd
Out (3): River Cracraft, Travis Benjamin, Nsimba Webster
Waived/Injured Reserve (2): Austin Watkins Jr., Richie James Jr.
Offensive line:
In (8): Trent Williams, Laken Tomlinson, Alex Mack, Daniel Brunskill, Mike McGlinchey, Aaron Banks, Jaylon Moore, Tom Compton
Out (6): Colton McKivitz, Dakoda Shepley, Jake Brendel, Senio Kelemente, Alfredo Gutierrez, Corbin Kaufusi
Injured Reserve (1): Shon Coleman
Defensive line:
In (11): Nick Bosa, Javon Kinlaw, D.J. Jones, Arik Armstead, Dee Ford, Samson Ebukam, Maurice Hurst, Zach Kerr, Kentavius Street, Arden Key, Kevin Givens
Out (3): Darrion Daniels, Eddie Yarbrough, Alex Barrett
Suspended (1): Jordan Willis
Linebackers:
In (5): Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw, Azeez Al-Shaair, Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, Marcell Harris
Out (2): Elijah Sullivan, Justin Hilliard
Traded (1): Jonas Griffith
Injured Reserve (1): Mychal Kendricks
Corners:
In (6): K’Waun Williams, Jason Verrett, Emmanuel Moseley, Ambry Thomas, Deommodore Lenoir, Davontae Harris
Out (2): Dontae Johnson, , Alexander Myres
Safeties:
In (4): Jimmie Ward, Jaquiski Tartt, Talanoa Hufanga, Tavon Wilson
Out (2): Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Jared Mayden
PUP/IR (2): Tarvarius Moore, Tony Jefferson
Special teams (3): Taybor Pepper, Mitch Wishnowsky, Robbie Gould
Here’s what the roster cuts look like, visualized.
Graphics by Jake Hutchinson, Dieter Kurtenbach