SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Mac Jones will lastly be part of the San Francisco 49ers 4 years after the group almost drafted him third total.
Jones agreed to a two-year deal value $7 million with $5 million assured to hitch the Niners, an individual aware of the deal instructed The Related Press on Wednesday evening. The individual, who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the deal hadn’t been introduced, stated it had a most worth of $11.5 million.
NFL Community first reported the contract.
Jones and San Francisco had been intently linked main as much as the 2021 draft after the Niners traded three first-round picks to get the No. 3 total choice. Coach Kyle Shanahan was seeking to draft a franchise quarterback and was debating between Jones and Trey Lance earlier than San Francisco lastly opted for Lance.
FILE – Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Mac Jones (10) appears to throw a go in the course of the first half of an NFL soccer sport towards the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Picture/Phelan M. Ebenhack,File)
The transfer backfired as Lance struggled to remain wholesome and alter to Shanahan’s system. He made solely 4 begins in two seasons earlier than being traded to Dallas for a fourth-round decide in August 2023, having misplaced the beginning job to 2022 seventh-round decide Brock Purdy.
Purdy has firmly established himself because the full-time starter in San Francisco and now Jones will get the prospect to come back in as a backup.
Jones had a quick begin to his profession, serving to New England make the playoffs in his rookie season. However Jones regressed the following yr after offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels left, and he was changed because the starter in 2023.
He was traded to Jacksonville final March and began seven video games for the Jaguars, throwing eight TD passes and eight interceptions.
Jones has made 49 profession begins, posting an 84.9 passer ranking with 54 TD passes, 44 interceptions and averaging 6.7 yards per try.
The Niners had been on the lookout for a backup to Purdy after Joshua Dobbs left in free company to hitch New England. Brandon Allen can also be a free agent.
