All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams ended his contract holdout and reported to the 49ers to finalize a new deal that have him a significant raise and guaranteed money.
Williams’ agency, Elite Loyalty Sports, posted on social media Tuesday that Williams’ new contract will pay him $82.66 million over three years with a $25.69 million signing bonus and $48 million guaranteed at signing.
The 36-year-old Williams was owed $20.05 million this season under the six-year, $138.1 million deal he signed in 2021 that had no guaranteed money remaining. Williams joins Tristan Wirfs, Penei Sewell and Christian Darrisaw as tackles getting deals this offseason worth at least $26 million a year.
Williams had been back home in Texas for all of training camp while seeking a new deal, accumulating nearly $5.4 million in mandatory fines for missing camp and three preseason games.
But he got a new contract, with the 49ers resolving both of their major contract disputes before the season opener on Monday night against the Jets. The 49ers signed star receiver Brandon Aiyuk to a four-year, $120 million extension last Thursday, ending his contract “hold in.”
The moves mean the defending NFC champions will have nearly every significant player from last season’s standout offense back to start the 2024 season. The only players missing who played at least 200 snaps on offense last season are fill-in guard Jon Feliciano, backup tight end Charlie Woerner and No. 4 receiver Ray-Ray McCloud.
Williams has been widely considered the top offensive linemen in the game in recent years. He has been the All-Pro left tackle the past three seasons and has been a major reason for San Francisco’s offensive success.
49ers GM John Lynch expects rookie WR Ricky Pearsall to make a full recovery after he was shot last weekend during an attempted robbery. Pearsall, the 31st overall pick in the draft, was placed on the non-football injury list on Monday, which will sideline him for at least four weeks.
College football: Florida State fell out of the AP poll after starting the season 0-2, becoming just the third team to go from preseason top-10 to unranked in the first regular-season poll since the rankings expanded to 25 in 1989. Georgia remained No. 1, receiving 57 first-place votes after starting the season with a blowout of then-No. 14 Clemson. The Tigers hung on at No. 25. Ohio State is No. 2 with five first-place votes. No. 3 Texas and No. 4 Alabama each moved up a spot, putting three SEC teams in the top four along with Georgia. No. 5 Notre Dame jumped two spots after opening the season with a victory at then-No. 20 Texas A&M, which fell out of the rankings.
Golf: U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is going to this month’s Presidents Cup in Montreal as a competitor after he was one of Jim Furyk’s six captain’s picks. Bradley, who will lead the U.S. team in next year’s Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York, had already been named a vice captain for the Presidents Cup. He’ll now only participate as a golfer; Furyk said a new vice captain will be chosen to replace him. Sam Burns, Russell Henley, Brian Harman, Max Homa and Tony Finau were also captain’s picks.