Overview
- Trent Williams and the 49ers agreed Monday to a two-year, $50 million extension that keeps the All-Pro left tackle under contract through 2027, with $37 million fully guaranteed and a $22 million signing bonus.
- General manager John Lynch confirmed the deal and said getting it done before Thursday’s NFL draft removes a major question for the offseason.
- The reworked contract lowers an unsustainable 2026 cap figure that had been set to exceed $38 million under Williams’ prior deal.
- With left tackle secured for two more seasons, draft urgency shifts away from a day-one replacement, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter said San Francisco could consider trading out of the first round to add picks.
- Williams, 37 and a 12-time Pro Bowler, remains one of the league’s top tackles and, per his agency, becomes the first non-quarterback to surpass $400 million in total contract value and $225 million in guarantees.