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4 49ers rookies change jersey numbers after final cuts

Hot of the presses! New jersey numbers are out for 49ers rookies:

The San Francisco 49ers had a quartet of rookies change their jersey numbers once the dust settled from final cuts.

Cornerback Renardo Green, safety Malik Mustapha, wide receiver Jacob Cowing and running back Isaac Guerendo all made number changes ahead of the team’s Tuesday bonus practice according to the Athletic’s Matt Barrows.

Green, who rocked No. 31 during the preseason, changed his number to 0. That jersey was previously worn by CB Samuel Womack, who was waived at final cuts. The Indianapolis Colts claimed him off waivers.

That jersey number has only ever been worn by Womack in 49ers history. He began wearing it last season when the NFL changed its jersey number rules.

Mustapha wore No. 43 in the preseason, a traditional safety number. He will now wear No. 6 in the regular season. He joins Deommodore Lenoir and Charvarius Ward as players wearing single digits in the 49ers secondary. Safeties Talanoa Hufanga and Ji’Ayir Brown wear 29 and 27, respectively.

Cowing was another player who wore a traditional number for his position in camp. His preseason jersey number was 83. He’ll now wear No. 19, which was most recently worn by WR Deebo Samuel. Samuel changed to No. 1 this offseason.

During camp, veteran WR Trent Taylor rocked the No. 19 jersey. He was released and then re-signed to the practice squad. His new numbers is 81 since he didn’t retain his jersey number after camp because of his release.

Perhaps the most notable change is Guerendo, who wore No. 49 in the preseason. That is an objectively atrocious number for a running back. He’s now wearing No. 31 – still not great, but better than 49.

Green and RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn were both No. 31 in camp. Vaughn was waived and re-signed to the practice squad. Green, of course, relinquished 31 to take No. 0.

We may see plenty of these jerseys on the field in the season opener on Sept. 9. Green could be the team’s starting slot corner, while Guerendo and Cowing could both start as returners on special teams.

The rest of the rookie class will apparently retain their numbers. First-round pick Ricky Pearsall is No. 14, third-round pick Dominick Puni is No. 77, and seventh-round pick Tatum Bethune will stay with No. 48.

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49ers jerseys selling like crazy since end of regular season

These figures on #49ers merchandise sales over the last month are crazy.

The 49ers’ national appeal is always apparent when San Francisco plays on the road. Even in the most hostile environments there’s a visible amount of red and gold dotted in the crowd.

Quantifying a team’s popularity is tough, but one way we can do so is via merchandise and jersey sales. If those are key indicators, the 49ers are perhaps the most popular football team in the country.

Sports business reporter Joe Pompliano had some eye-popping numbers about San Francisco’s merch sales over the last month or so. He reported on Twitter that the club has done $25 million in merchandise sales in the last two weeks.

This is pretty wild!

It makes a lot of sense though. Fans may have been waiting to buy Brock Purdy or Christian McCaffrey jerseys and used the Super Bowl trip as an excuse to do so.

The Super Bowl’s proximity to the 49ers might also be playing a role. Fans heading to Las Vegas for the game may have wanted to gear up in support of their club if they were going to go through the process of actually getting to the host city.

49ers fan support in Vegas during the week-long leadup to the game has been loud, and now it appears fans are cheering with their wallets as well.

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Which 49ers player should wear No. 0 on jersey?

Which player should wear the No. 0 for the #49ers?

The NFL on Tuesday approved a rule proposal from the Philadelphia Eagles that will change the available jersey numbers to include No. 0. That raises the inevitable question of which player will wear the jersey on each team.

It’s important to note the No. 0 can’t just be handed out to any player. Offensive linemen and defensive linemen are unable to don the new jersey. Offensive lineman may wear 50-79, while defensive linemen have the same 50-79 available, along with 90-99.

Here’s our guess at which player (if any) will/should rock the No. 0 for the 49ers this season:

49ers 2022 draft picks get first jersey numbers

The #49ers 2022 draft class got their jersey numbers!

There’s no truer sign that the NFL season is a few weeks away from being a few weeks away than draft picks getting their first jersey numbers.

The 49ers on Monday issued numbers for their 2022 draft class, less than a week after their recently-signed veterans got theirs. Here are the numbers for this year’s draftees per NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco:

14, QB Brock Purdy
26, CB Samuel Womack III
32, RB Ty Davis-Price
36, CB Tariq Castro-Fields
63, OL Nick Zakelj
74, OL Spencer Burford
86, WR Danny Gray
93, DT Kalia Davis
95, DE Drake Jackson

There are a couple important notes here.

First, the 49ers letting another player wear Joe Staley’s No. 74 is pretty unexpected. That seemed like the kind of number that would get retired. It might still, but the team has de facto retired Frank Gore’s No. 21, and they should absolutely be doing the same with Staley’s jersey.

Second, these aren’t permanent numbers. There’ll likely be a handful of changes once final roster cuts are made and some jersey numbers come available. So for those rushing to buy a Brock Purdy jersey, it may be best to wait and see what his number is once the regular season begins.

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49ers veteran additions get jersey numbers

The #49ers veterans got their uniform numbers.

The 49ers on Wednesday announced the initial jersey numbers for their veteran additions from the offseason.

They brought in nine new players who were all assigned numbers prior to the arrival of the team’s rookies for rookie minicamp, which begins Friday. Matt Barrows of the Athletic compiled the list of new numbers:

WR Ray-Ray McCloud, 3
WR KeeSean Johnson, 13
S George Odum, 30
CB Darqueze Dennard, 31
CB Charvarius Ward, 35
LB Oren Burks, 48
DE Kemoko Turay, 53
DE Kerry Hyder, 92
DT Hassan Ridgeway, 98

Ward, the team’s biggest offseason signing, will remain in the No. 35 he wore during his tenure with the Chiefs. Three players wore that number for the 49ers last year, including running backs Brian Hill and Jacques Patrick, and safety Tony Jefferson.

McCloud for his career wore No. 14 with Buffalo, Carolina and Pittsburgh. He’ll make the switch to the single-digit 3 that Jaquiski Tartt wore last year.

Dennard will opt for a new number after wearing 43 in his brief appearance for San Francisco in 2022. Hyder, on the other hand, will go back to the No. 92 he sported for the 49ers when he led the team in sacks during the 2020 campaign.

Two players, Odum and Burks, will contribute big-time on special teams. Odum opted to stick with the No. 30 he wore during his four seasons with the Colts. Burks might’ve wanted to stick with No. 42, but the 49ers retired that number for Ronnie Lott, so he moved to 48.

Turay wore 57 while he was with the Colts. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw wears that for the 49ers, so Turay will take No. 51 instead.

Ridgeway was No. 98 during his three years with the Eagles and will stick with that in red and gold. Johnson was No. 19 with the Cardinals and 17 with the Eagles. Now he’ll rock No. 13 with the 49ers.

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49ers jersey numbers for 2020 rookie class

The 49ers’ undrafted free agents and 2020 NFL draft picks all have jersey numbers.

The 49ers’ roster continuity between 2019 and 2020 leaves relatively little room for their 15-player rookie class to make a significant impact this season. They drafted only five players and signed 10 undrafted free agents.

There were jobs aplenty for UDFAs while the club was rebuilding through 2017 and 2018, but as the roster has filled with talent, the opportunities for first-year players has dried up some.

Still, San Francisco’s track record with first-year players, both drafted and undrafted, leaves room for some optimism that the club will have a handful of difference makers in their 2020 rookie class.

Here’s the number each rookie will wear according to the 90-man roster on the team’s website:

5- QB Broc Rutter

7- WR Chris Finke

11- WR Brandon Aiyuk

35- RB Salvon Ahmed

38- RB Jamycal Hasty

43- S Jared Mayden

47- LB Jonas Griffith

49- CB DeMarkus Acy

49- RB Josh Hokit

65- DL Darrion Daniels

68- OL Colton McKivitz

81- WR Jauan Jennings

83- TE Chase Harrell

89- TE Charlie Woerner

99- DT Javon Kinlaw

One oddity that comes with 90-player rosters and limited numbers available at each position is that a player on each side of the ball might share a number. That’s the reason undrafted cornerback DeMarkus Acy and undrafted fullback Josh Hokit are both assigned No. 49.

There’s a chance those numbers change at some point — specifically for the UDFAs. First-round picks like Kinlaw and Aiyuk will likely stay in their No. 99 and No. 11 jerseys. A UDFA who makes the club will have an opportunity to snag a discarded number once the 90-man roster thins out.

The only player on the club without a jersey number listed is left tackle Trent Williams. However, he wore No. 71 during his 10 years in Washington, and he posted a photoshop of himself in a No. 71 49ers jersey. Barring a dramatic change of heart by the time the season kicks off, it’s likely Williams will roll into 2020 with his usual 71 on his back.

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