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What it Will Cost the 49ers to Retain Jauan Jennings

The cost of retaining restricted free agent Jauan Jennings is officially revealed. Here is what the 49ers will be looking at with their fiery receiver.

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What it Will Cost the 49ers to Retain Jauan Jennings
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Wide receiver Jauan Jennings has become an integral role player for the San Francisco 49ers. 

The fire he brings with his energy is shown in the way he blocks defenders into the sideline benches. Losing him in the offseason would be a sting for the 49ers, but there is a possibility he could be gone. 

Jennings is a restricted free agent when the open market comes along. The good news is that Jennings likely should stay as that is generally the case for restricted free agents. That is because of the draft tenders that get placed on them.

The 49ers can exercise the option of placing an original draft round, second round, or first round tender on Jennings. Each draft tender placed on Jennings will set his salary for the 2024 season. Should a team want to poach Jennings from the 49ers, then it will cost them whatever draft tender the 49ers placed on him. 

I would imagine the 49ers use a second round tender on Jennings, which will put them on the hook for $4.8 million with Jennings. I don't see how any team will want to give up a second round pick for Jennings at all, so doing so will essentially guarantee his return to the 49ers. 

They could also not place anything on him, which will set his salary to at least $2.9 million. An original round tender will be a seventh round pick and at least $3.1 million salary. A first round tender will give Jennings at least $6.8 million, but there is no way the 49ers will exercise that. 

I fully expect a second round tender to be placed on Jennings. However, giving their third best receiver and overall fifth or sixth featured player $5 million is a bit wild. The 49ers may feel that is a little too rich for them given Jennings' role. But it all depends on if the 49ers don't see the need to save that money and put it elsewhere. 

The 49ers will be placing their official tender on Jennings in the coming weeks.

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JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ III

Jose Luis Sanchez III has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily for FanNation since 2019. He started off as the lead publisher for FanNation's All49ers, then switched positions to become the Deputy Editor in 2020. Sanchez writes, edits, and produces videos daily for All49ers. He also co-hosts a show on YouTube with All49ers lead publisher Grant Cohn weekly. Prior to FanNation, Sanchez started his writing career back in 2016 for the school newspaper at Skyline college where he covered all sports team in the Bay Area. Following that from 2017 to 2019, he found a role as a contributor for FanSided's news desk along with their site's Just Blog Baby covering the Las Vegas Raiders and Golden Gate Sports every professional Bay Area sports team. Atop all of that, he was able to graduate with a Bachelors degree in Communication Studies at San Francisco State University in 2020. Sanchez is committed to ensuring he delivers transparent analysis and straightforward opinions that resonates with readers to get them thinking.

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