{"id":807395,"date":"2026-03-12T02:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807395\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:21:12","slug":"49ers-acquire-dt-osa-odighizuwa-for-3rd-round-nfl-draft-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807395\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers acquire DT Osa Odighizuwa for 3rd-round NFL draft pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With big needs along the defensive line,<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/11\/sports\/49ers-expected-to-release-wide-receiver-brandon-aiyuk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the 49ers<\/a> are dipping into their draft bag to add an impact player.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38751860\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2247404478.jpg\" alt=\"New 49ers player Osa Odighizuwa \" class=\"wp-image-38751860\"  \/>The 49ers are sending a third-round NFL draft pick to the Cowboys for defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/08\/sports\/49ers-eye-super-bowl-return-but-need-deft-roster-moves-in-nfl-free-agency-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The club<\/a> has agreed to send a third-round pick in next month\u2019s draft to the Cowboys for defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa.<\/p>\n<p>A former third-round pick of the Cowboys in 2021, and the recipient of a four-year contract extension worth $80 million last season, the 27-year-old Odighizuwa played in all 17 games last year, recording 44 tackles and 3.5 sacks. Over his career, he has 216 tackles and 17 sacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/05\/sports\/san-francisco-49ers-hire-former-bears-coach-matt-eberflus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 49ers <\/a>will assume his $16.25 million base salary for the 2026 season.\u00a0He has non-guaranteed salaries of $20 million for both the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With big needs along the defensive line, the 49ers are dipping into their draft bag to add an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[1443,257,7,6,15,252,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-807395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116213821486500661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807395","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=807395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}