San Francisco Splashes Into Offseason: 49ers Bring in 4 Seasoned Vets to Bolster Roster

The San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday announced the addition of four players to their offseason roster via reserve/future contracts.

Offensive lineman Isaac Alarcon and wide receiver Russell Gage re-signed with the club after finishing the season on their practice squad. Wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins and offensive lineman Jalen McKenzie also inked deals with San Francisco.

Alarcon spent the entire 2024 campaign on the 49ers’ practice squad after signing a reserve/future contract in late January. He joined the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys in 2020 as part of the international pathway program. He could factor into the team’s plans on the offensive line depending on how their roster shakes out after the draft and free agency.

Gage is a five-year NFL veteran who hasn’t played a regular season game since suffering a neck injury during the 2022 playoffs. In 74 games (25 starts) he has 244 catches for 2,491 yards and 14 touchdowns. He spent four years with the Atlanta Falcons after they selected him in the sixth round of the 2018 draft. Gage joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022 where he posted a career-high five touchdowns in 13 games. A torn patellar tendon in training camp the following year ended his 2023 season. The 49ers added him to their practice squad in early November.

Hodgins, the other WR the 49ers signed, was a sixth-round pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2020. He missed his rookie season due to injury and wound up playing just one game for Buffalo in his second season. The following year he saw action for the Bills in two games before they waived him. Hodgins landed with the New York Giants and he played 28 games there where he posted 56 catches for 593 yards and seven touchdowns. This season he played only three games and spent most of the year on New York’s practice squad.

The final of the four players, McKenzie, has yet to make his NFL debut after joining the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted rookie in 2022. He bounced from Tennessee, to the Seattle Seahawks, to the Las Vegas Raiders, to the New England Patriots and then to the  Giants. He was a practice squad player at all of those stops.

These four additions make 14 players signed to reserve/future contracts. The 49ers made 10 of those signings official Monday.