49ers Acquire Maliek Collins From Texans For Late-round Pick, AP Source Says

SANTA CLARA, Calif.: The San Francisco 49ers have added extra assist to their line of defense, agreeing to accumulate defensive deal with Maliek Collins in a commerce from Houston for a seventh-round draft decide.

An individual conversant in the commerce stated the Niners will purchase Collins pending a bodily. The individual spoke to The Associated Press on situation of anonymity as a result of the commerce has not been introduced by both workforce.

ESPN first reported the deal.

Collins is the most recent addition made by the 49ers to their revamped line of defense after San Francisco had beforehand agreed to offers with free agent defensive ends Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos, and defensive deal with Jordan Elliott, in keeping with a number of sources talking on situation of anonymity as a result of these offers hadn’t been signed.

San Francisco wanted reinforcements on the road with Chase Young, Clelin Ferrell, Javon Kinlaw and Randy Gregory all hitting free company and Arik Armstead set to be launched this week in a cost-cutting transfer.

Collins, who turns 29 subsequent month, is owed base salaries of $8 million and $9.5 million the subsequent two seasons. Houston will take a $10 million useless cap hit for the commerce to account for a signing bonus paid when he bought an extension final yr.

Collins matched a profession excessive with 5 sacks final season when he ranked twelfth amongst all defensive tackles in ESPN’s cross rush win charge metric. He had 11 sacks, 26 tackles for loss and 35 quarterback hits the previous three seasons for the Texans.

Collins performed his first 4 seasons in Dallas and in 2020 for the Raiders earlier than becoming a member of the Texans.

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