San Francisco 49ers depth chart
NFC West · updated Mon Oct 5
Week 5 (updated Mon Oct 5): the 49ers depth chart lists Brock Purdy at QB, Christian McCaffrey at RB, Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel and Brandin Cooks at WR, George Kittle at TE and Eddy Pineiro at K.
Depth chart as of · injury tags for Week 5
What changed on the 49ers depth chart
- WR3 Brandin Cooks is the new starter, replacing Jacob Cowing
Compared with the chart as of . 9 other moves are marked in the tables below.
49ers offense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Brock Purdy | Mac Jones | Kurtis Rourke | |
| RB | Christian McCaffrey | Kaelon Black | Jordan James | Isaac Guerendo PUP |
| FB | Kyle Juszczyk | |||
| WR1 | Mike Evans | Jacob Cowing ▼ Down | Christian Kirk IR ▼ Down | Ricky Pearsall IR ▼ Down |
| WR2 | Deebo Samuel | Jordan Watkins ▼ Down | Demarcus Robinson IR | Brandon Aiyuk ▼ Down |
| WR3 | Brandin Cooks New starter was Jacob Cowing | Malik Turner New | De'Zhaun Stribling IR ▼ Down | |
| TE | George Kittle | Luke Farrell | Brayden Willis | Jake Tonges IR |
| Offensive line | ||||
| LT | Trent Williams | Vederian Lowe | Enrique Cruz Jr. | Austen Pleasants |
| LG | Connor Colby | Carver Willis | Nick Zakelj | |
| C | Jake Brendel | Jarrett Patterson | Brett Toth | |
| RG | Dominick Puni | |||
| RT | Colton McKivitz | |||
49ers defense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDE | Keion White | Romello Height | Khalid Kareem | Sam Okuayinonu | Mikail Kamara |
| LDT | Osa Odighizuwa | Naquan Jones | Sebastian Valdez | C.J. West | |
| RDT | Gracen Halton | James Thompson Jr. | Alfred Collins ▲ Up | ||
| RDE | Nick Bosa | Ogbo Okoronkwo | Matthew Judon New | Mykel Williams | Andrew Farmer II |
| WLB | Dre Greenlaw | Garret Wallow | |||
| MLB | Fred Warner | Tatum Bethune | Nick Martin | ||
| SLB | Jaden Dugger | Luke Gifford | |||
| LCB | Renardo Green | Jack Jones | |||
| SS | Marques Sigle | Malik Mustapha | Ashtyn Davis | ||
| FS | Ji'Ayir Brown | Siran Neal | Darrick Forrest | ||
| RCB | Deommodore Lenoir | Ephesians Prysock | Nate Hobbs | ||
| NB | Upton Stout |
49ers special teams
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | Eddy Pineiro | ||
| P | Corliss Waitman | ||
| PR | Jacob Cowing | Jordan Watkins | Ricky Pearsall IR |
| KR | Deebo Samuel | Jacob Cowing | Isaac Guerendo PUP |
| LS | Jon Weeks |
Starters, backups and the marks
Each row is one spot in the formation, starter first and the backups in order behind him. The offense lists three wide receiver spots (WR1–WR3), so the first name in each is a starting receiver. The fantasy positions — quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end and kicker — are in purple, and a player with a page on this site links to it.
New starter, New, ▲ Up and ▼ Down compare this chart with the one from about a week earlier () , position by position: a receiver moved from one WR spot to another is not new.
Out, Doubtful and Questionable come from the team's official injury report for the week, and IR, PUP and the other reserve lists from nflverse's weekly rosters — the same availability every weekly board on the site uses. They cover the fantasy positions; a team's depth chart is often slower to change than its injury report.
A depth chart is the team's own ordering, not a snap count: a listed starter can still split the work. For who actually gets the ball, see the target share leaders and the handcuff rankings; for this week's statuses, the NFL injury report.
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