Source: 49ers reach 1-year deal with WR Christian Kirk

Santa Clara, California – Second time in a week san francisco 49ers Added a veteran to their wide receiver room, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal. Christian Kirka source told ESPN on Monday.

Kirk spent with 2025 houston texans After a three-year stint with jacksonville jaguars and its first four seasons Arizona Cardinals. The deal is worth up to $6 million, sources told NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, who first reported the agreement.

For the Niners, Kirk’s addition is the latest in a receiver room that is undergoing a significant renovation. he signed mike evans Signed a three-year, $42.5 million deal in the early hours of free agency last week.

The additions of Evans and Kirk offer the Niners proven production at the position john jennings, brandon ayuk, kendrick bourne And sky moore Either already landing somewhere or expected to land in the coming weeks or months.

Jennings is an unrestricted free agent after he and the Niners could not come to an agreement on an extension last offseason. He has yet to sign a contract with another team after the first week of free agency.

Aiyuk is almost certain to depart after general manager John Lynch said in January that the receiver had played his final snaps as a Niner. Lynch indicated the transaction would take place after the new league year begins, which occurred last Wednesday.

Because the new league year is underway, the 49ers can release Aiyuk at any time and designate him for cuts after June 1. This will allow them to spread his dead money cap hit over two seasons.

So far, the 49ers are holding out on Aiyuk as Lynch has said the team continues to hope for the trade to be successful. Because trades cannot be designated after June 1, if the 49ers find a trade partner for Aiyuk before June 1, they will have to be prepared to take the entire dead money hit of $29.585 million in 2026.

Still, Aiyuk’s departure is a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’.

Meanwhile, Bourne (Arizona) and Moore (green Bay Packers) has already found his next NFL home in free agency. As it stands, the Niners have Evans, Kirk, Ricky Pearsall, demarcus robinson, jacob cowing And Jordan Watkins as his primary option at receiver.

San Francisco has six picks in the first four rounds in April’s NFL Draft if it wants to hold on to the position.

Kirk is coming off a 28-catch, 239-yard, one-touchdown season in Houston in which he missed four games and battled hamstring injuries for most of the year. He also had an eight-catch, 144-yard performance in the AFC wild-card win against pittsburgh steelersThat set a Texans postseason franchise record.

In San Francisco, Kirk is projected to work into the mix as a slot receiver option, with Evans in the “X” position and Pearsall in the “Z” position. The 29-year-old Kirk also could be an option in the return game after Moore’s departure, although he has not returned a kick or punt since 2023.

Selected in the second round by the Cardinals in 2018, Kirk has 432 receptions for 5,415 yards and 30 touchdowns over eight seasons.

ESPN’s DJ Bien-Aime contributed to this report.