Two years after locking up their starting quarterback, the San Francisco 49ers lock up another one of their core players.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the 49ers have agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension worth $63 million with linebacker Fred Warner. The deal includes $56 million guaranteed and makes Warner the highest-paid off-ball linebacker at $21 million a year.
Warner’s deal ran through the 2026 season until today and was originally a five-year extension worth $95.2 million.
Warner, 28, was drafted by the 49ers in the third round out of BYU in 2018. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $3.979 million deal in 2020 when he signed a five-year, $95 million extension in 2021.
He made a base salary of $15,300,000 in 2024.
In 2024, Warner appeared in and started all 17 games for the 49ers and recorded 131 tackles, one sack, four forced fumbles, two interceptions, one touchdown, and seven pass defenses.
