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49ers' Mike Evans Contract Details Reveal Playoff-Linked, Top-10 Incentives

Incentives hinge on a playoff berth with top-10 receiving finishes.

Overview

  • Newly disclosed terms award $1.5 million each if San Francisco reaches the playoffs and Mike Evans finishes top 10 in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns, plus $500,000 per playoff win up to $1.5 million if he plays at least 75% of snaps.
  • The same structure applies again for 2028 based on 2027 results, creating up to $6 million per year in escalators on top of a three-year, $42.5 million base.
  • Yahoo reports the first year of the deal is fully guaranteed at $14.3 million.
  • ESPN’s Seth Walder graded the signing an A- and ranked it among the better moves of free agency.
  • Evans reportedly declined a significantly higher Buccaneers offer, and he is expected to fill the 49ers’ outside No. 1 role as observers note his age and 2025 collarbone injury as the primary risks.