{"id":476835,"date":"2026-09-26T22:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476835\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:22:07","slug":"49ers-urged-to-reunite-with-32-million-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/476835\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers Urged to Reunite With $32 Million Wide Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings. <\/p>\n

The San Francisco 49ers<\/a> are winning despite seemingly suffering one cataclysmic injury after another through the 1st 2 games of the NFL regular season and a preseason that saw the same pattern of setbacks.<\/p>\n

Now, with the 49ers sitting at 2-0 but with dwindling resources at wide receiver, Niner\u2019s Noise\u2019s Nick San Miguel<\/a> thinks they should consider a reunion with a standout player from their recent past.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe San Francisco 49ers seemingly lose a new wide receiver every week,\u201d San Miguel wrote on September 26. \u201cIn Week 1, it was De\u2019Zhaun Stribling, and in Week 2, it was Demarcus Robinson<\/a>. While neither player should be out for the season, it\u2019s still concerning and the Niners made a move by signing veteran Brandin Cooks<\/a> to the practice squad.Jauan Jennings<\/a> might just be one of their most logical options, especially with how poorly his start with the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> has gone. Obviously, it\u2019s only been two games but Jennings only got one target in Week 1 and then missed Week 2 because of a personal matter. That\u2019s way too small of a sample size to say he is a bust or anything, but if he never materializes into a viable target with Minnesota, then a return to San Francisco would make all the sense in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jauan Jennings Missed Out on Big-Money Contract<\/p>\n

Jennings entered the 2026 offseason with his eyes on a big prize \u2014 Spotrac projected his market value was in the realm of a 3-year, $67 million free-agent contract.<\/p>\n

That deal never materialized, and Jennings finally agreed to a 1-year, $8 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings on May 11 \u2014 some 2 months after the start of the NFL\u2019s free-agent cycle.<\/p>\n

Jennings Ranked No. 1 Free Agent at 1 Point<\/p>\n

ESPN\u2019s Matt Bowen<\/a> has Jennings ranked as the No. 1 free agent still available on April 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 6-foot-3, 213 pounds, Jennings is a consistent route runner who plays through contact and makes himself available to the quarterback on in-breaking targets,\u201d Bowen wrote. \u201cHe caught 55 passes last season for an injury-riddled 49ers unit, scoring nine touchdowns. Jennings was even better in 2024, when he ranked 12th in ESPN\u2019s receiver scores and had 975 receiving yards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennings requested that the 49ers trade him before the 2025 season and the franchise went out and signed his replacement on the 1st day of the 2026 free agency cycle, luring veteran Mike Evans<\/a> away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> on a 3-year, $42.5 million contract.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTony Adame<\/a> covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, and the entire NFC East Division. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings. The San Francisco 49ers are winning despite seemingly suffering one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-476835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}