After watching several starters leave for other teams at the start of the free agent period, the San Francisco 49ers had some glaring holes on their defensive depth chart.

The San Francisco 49ers wanted to make Robert Saleh a happy man, and they probably achieved that during the last three days. With an obvious focus on defense, the Niners rebuilt the unit with a lot of young talent.

Kurtis Rourke, who quarterbacked Indiana football into the College Football Playoff, was picked in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.