Three days after extending quarterback Brock Purdy, the San Francisco 49ers have locked up another franchise cornerstone for the foreseeable future.
The 49ers are signing linebacker Fred Warner to a three-year contract extension worth $63 million with $56 million guaranteed, according to a Monday afternoon report from Adam Schefter of ESPN. The deal makes him the highest-paid linebacker in the NFL.
Warner, 28, has been one of the best NFL defenders of the 2020s. He has made four All-Pro teams and four Pro Bowls since San Francisco drafted him 70th out of BYU in 2018.
In 2024, even as the 49ers' fortunes waned, he remained a force with two interceptions and 131 total tackles. He has recorded between 130 and 137 total tackles in each of the last four seasons.
ESPN Sources: Four-time All-Pro LB Fred Warner and the 49ers reached agreement on a three-year, $63 million contract extension that includes over $56 million in guaranteed money that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid linebacker. It marks the second time in his seven-year NFL… pic.twitter.com/L4GHK7h4Vy
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 19, 2025
This is, as Schefter noted, the second time San Francisco has made Warner the highest-paid linebacker in football, following a 2021 extension. The 49ers are scheduled to open their season on Sept. 7 against the Seattle Seahawks.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as 49ers’ Linebacker Fred Warner Agrees to Lucrative Extension to Stay in San Francisco.
