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The San Francisco 49ers’ deep dive into the 2026 NFL draft’s defensive line class continued with a private workout with Syracuse defensive lineman Kevin Jobity Jr. Aaron Wilson from KPRC2 in Houston first reported the pre-draft workout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This continues a trend for the 49ers as they dive deep on prospects who weren’t invited to the combine. The team also had pre-draft meetings<\/a> with Wisconsin defensive lineman Darryl Peterson and Virginia Tech DL Kelvin Gilliam, neither of whom were invited to the combine.<\/p>\n

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Jobity is a little bit different mold than that pair, however. While Peterson and Gilliam were both ‘tweener’ edge\/defensive tackles, Jobity is a more prototypical defensive tackle at 6-4, 300 pounds, although he did rush off the edge in the Orange’s 3-4 defense. He also has a ton of upside as an interior pass rusher. In his four years at Syracuse he posted 10.0 sacks, including a career-best 5.0 in his final season. He also racked up 20.5 tackles for loss in his 38 games.<\/p>\n

The 49ers may be looking for more consistent interior pressure. They use 2025 first-round pick Mykel Williams as a pass rusher from the inside. They also traded for defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa who is a formidable pocket pusher. San Francisco may see an opportunity to develop a more consistent inside rush and getting a player like Jobity with upside to learn alongside players like Odighizuwa, Williams and Nick Bosa could be a nice long-term investment in the later rounds of this year’s draft.<\/p>\n

More 49ers: Week set for 49ers’ game in Mexico City, opponent still unknown<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Niners Wire: 2026 NFL draft: DL Kevin Jobity Jr. works out with San Francisco 49ers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers’ deep dive into the 2026 NFL draft’s defensive line class continued with a private…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2080],"tags":[4955,220,3258,3618,41786,1156,3126,2793,7,221,116004,116005,1493,6,1515,9115,190,14175,1161,252,2624,2623,966],"class_list":{"0":"post-846383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-49ers","10":"tag-aaron-wilson","11":"tag-darryl-peterson","12":"tag-deep-dive","13":"tag-defensive-line","14":"tag-defensive-lineman","15":"tag-defensive-tackle","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-houston","18":"tag-kelvin-gilliam","19":"tag-kevin-jobity-jr","20":"tag-mykel-williams","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-nick-bosa","23":"tag-osa-odighizuwa","24":"tag-pass-rusher","25":"tag-private-workout","26":"tag-san-francisco","27":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","28":"tag-sanfrancisco","29":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","30":"tag-virginia-tech"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116327698239464451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846383","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=846383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}