{"id":692448,"date":"2026-01-21T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/692448\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:43:10","slug":"14-players-sign-reserve-future-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/692448\/","title":{"rendered":"14 players sign reserve\/future deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 20, 2026, 3:39 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>&#8216; season is over and their preparations for the 2026 offseason have already begun<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Tuesday after locker room cleanout the 49ers announced 14 free agents to reserve\/future contracts. All 14 players will be familiar for close followers of the 49ers since all 14 were on the practice squad to close the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reserve\/future deals put the player on track to join the 90-man offseason roster. It doesn&#8217;t guarantee any sort of place or edge in the hunt for a 53-man roster spot when training camp begins in late July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<p>OL Isaac AlarconDL Evan AndersonCB Eli AppleWR Junior BergenDL William Bradley-KingDB Derrick CanteenLB Andrew Farmer IIS\u00a0Darrick ForrestLB Jalen GrahamQB Adrian MartinezOL Drake NugentOL Brandon ParkerWR Malik TurnerDL Sebastian ValdezExpert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There are a handful of intriguing names here who could be factors in the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Defensive tackles Evan Anderson and Sebastian Valdez are worth keeping tabs on as the club figures out what the interior of its defensive line looks like in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Quarterback Adrian Martinez will be an interesting name to watch as well after spending much of the year on the 49ers&#8217; practice squad and serving as Mac Jones&#8217;s backup while Brock Purdy was out with a toe injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The other names that jump out are offensive lineman Drake Nugent who was an undrafted rookie in 2024 and may be in the mix for a reserve interior OL spot. Defensive back Derrick Canteen had a strong first training camp as a UDFA which could help him battle for a roster spot going into Year 2. Wide receiver Junior Bergen, a seventh-round pick in 2025, is a return specialist with some upside in a receiving corps that desperately needs an influx of athleticism<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">More 49ers: <a href=\"http:\/\/ninerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/niners\/2026\/01\/20\/49ers-robert-saleh-draft-compensation-minority-coach\/88265122007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Why 49ers won&#8217;t receive draft picks for Robert Saleh leaving this time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 20, 2026, 3:39 p.m. PT The San Francisco 49ers&#8216; season is over and their preparations for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,95878,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623,96189,96190,95882,100991,96537,95946,100990,100992,95888,95895,95906,95975,96090,96177,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-692448","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-accessfree","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sanfrancisco","15":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","16":"tag-sstssportsnflniners","17":"tag-sstsnniners","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagandrew-farmer-ii","20":"tag-tagbrock-purdy","21":"tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","22":"tag-tagdrake-nugent","23":"tag-tagjalen-graham","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagnfl-hub","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","28":"tag-tagsan-francisco-49ers","29":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","30":"tag-tagsports-news","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115930320596399813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692448","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=692448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}