The San Francisco 49ers hosted left guard Robert Jones, per the NFL’s transaction wire. Jones was an undrafted rookie out of the 2021 NFL Draft. During his rookie contract, Jones began 30 video games, together with all 17 in 2024 with the Miami Dolphins.(*30*)
Jones signed a one-year, $2 million deal with the Dallas Cowboys final offseason. Jones’ season ended earlier than it started. He suffered a damaged bone in his neck throughout a coaching camp follow in July. He was initially introduced in to compete for a beginning guard spot. Less than a 12 months faraway from the damage, the 49ers are poking round a couple of weeks into free company to see if Jones has recovered.(*30*)
In 2024, Jones completed with a blown block charge of two.9 p.c. That would have been a substantial improve from what the 49ers acquired from their left guards in 2025. Jones gave up 4 sacks that season and solely dedicated two penalties in over 1,000 snaps.(*30*)
Kyle’s replace, 5:25 p.m. PT: Robert Jones has formally signed with the 49ers, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.(*30*)
This doubtless takes the 49ers out of the operating for an inside offensive lineman within the NFL draft, a minimum of early–if they had been ever in that market. Outside of Aaron Banks, historical past would counsel the 49ers weren’t going to make use of their draft capital on an inside offensive lineman. Those picks have been few and much between.(*30*)
According to Sports Info Solutions, Jones earned 30 factors of their participant metric throughout his full season as a starter. For reference, that was the identical quantity as rookie proper guard Dominick Puni. Aaron Banks’s greatest season was in 2023, when he earned 28 whole factors.(*30*)
Since we’re in draft season, Jones’ wingspan popping out of school was within the eighty fifth percentile, his 20-yard cut up was within the 89th percentile, and his vertical leap was within the 83rd percentile. Coincidentally sufficient, Puni was one of many participant comps for Jones from an athletic testing perspective.(*30*)
Jones should’ve been wholesome sufficient to be cleared by the 49ers medical crew. He’ll doubtless compete with Brett Toth for the beginning left guard spot, permitting the 49ers to enter 2026 with beginning expertise at left guard.(*30*)
