SANTA CLARA \u2014 The 49ers\u2019 rebuilt defensive line will not include a comeback from 2022 top pick Drake Jackson, who got waived Friday as the franchise\u2019s rookie minicamp got underway.<\/p>\n
Jackson missed the past 1 1\/2 seasons<\/a> following a torn patellar tendon in his left knee. Earlier this week, Jackson vowed he was making a strong comeback, writing on an Instgram story that: \u201cY\u2019all crazy if you don\u2019t think I\u2019m wreaking havoc on that field this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Among other roster moves Friday were the signings of offensive linemen Andre Dillard and Nicholas Petit-Frere as well as cornerback Dallis Flowers, all on one-year deals.<\/p>\n After a three-sack outing in the 2023 opener<\/a> at Pittsburgh, Jackson<\/a> had no sacks in his seven remaining games with the 49ers and eventually had surgery before that team\u2019s postseason run to the Super Bowl. He had three sacks<\/a> in 15 games as a rookie.<\/p>\n Two weeks ago, the 49ers again used their top draft pick on a defensive end, that being No. 11 overall selection Mykel Williams, who\u2019s slated to start opposite Nick Bosa. <\/p>\n The 49ers tried covering for Jackson last season by signing Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos, with Sam Okuayinonu also stepping into the mix. Floyd got waived in March as part of the 49ers\u2019 roster purge.<\/p>\n Jackson was waived with a failed physical designation. Also waived were offensive lineman Jalen McKenzie and cornerback Tre Tomlinson.<\/p>\n Dillard (6-5, 315) was a 2019 first-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles. He\u2019s starred 19 of the 69 games he\u2019s played with thr Eagles (2019-22), Tennessee Titans (2023) and Green Bay Packers (2024).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Originally Published: May 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA CLARA \u2014 The 49ers\u2019 rebuilt defensive line will not include a comeback from 2022 top pick Drake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,2947,7,1921,929,6,1161,252,2624,2623,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-39056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-hq","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-inside-sports","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-san-francisco","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","16":"tag-sanfrancisco","17":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114483651243503370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}