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Should the 49ers Give Jauan Jennings a Contract Extension?

Brock Purdy and George Kittle aren't the only stars on the 49ers entering the final season of their contracts.

Grant Cohn

Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) reacts after a fight against the Arizona Cardinals in the first half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Jan 5, 2025; Glendale, Arizona, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) reacts after a fight against the Arizona Cardinals in the first half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
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Brock Purdy and George Kittle aren't the only stars on the 49ers entering the final season of their contracts.

Jauan Jennings will be a free agent at the end of the 2025 season as well. And if Purdy and Kittle want extensions, why wouldn't Jennings want one, too?

Jennings is one of the 49ers' star players according to their fullback. He was the primary slot receiver from 2020 to 2023, but in 2024 he became the starting X receiver after Brandon Aiyuk went down with a knee injury. And Jennings produced.

In 15 games last season, Jennings caught 77 passes, gained 975 yards and scored 6 touchdowns. He also was Pro Football Focus' 14th-highest-graded wide receiver. In addition, he was the 49ers' best wide receiver in their most recent Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs, which suggests he could have produced Pro Bowl numbers the past few seasons if given the opportunity.

The 49ers could offer Jennings an extension now before he has another Pro-Bowl-caliber season to try to keep him on a discount. Or, they can wait another year to gain more evidence before they make a long-term investment in him.

I'm guessing the 49ers will not extend Jennings and he will price himself off the team. He's an excellent blocker and one of the best receivers in the league when it comes to making contested catches, but he's slow. He should be slot-man for a team that starts three receivers. A team like the Rams.

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Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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