49ers News: Alfred Collins signs 4-year $10.3 million deal per report

The final unsigned draft pick for the San Francisco 49ers is now signed.

Adam Schefter reported Wednesday evening that the 49ers and Alfred Collins have agreed on a four-year, $10.3 million deal. The deal includes $9.1 million guaranteed.

Selected in the second round (43rd overall), Collins remained the lone draft pick from the 2024 draft class that remained unsigned as the rookies reported to 49ers training camp.

Prior to Collins’s signing, 30 of the 32 second-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft were unsigned. With his signing, Schefter says that should trigger the rest of the unsigned second-round picks to finalize their deals.

The second-round pick chaos was prompted by Houston Texans wide receiver Jayden Higgins signing an estimated $11.7 million rookie deal over four years. That may not seem like much, but the contract is also fully guaranteed, making it the first for a player picked outside the first round in NFL history.

Collins is getting 88 percent of his rookie deal guaranteed, which Schefter reported was a ‘huge jump’ over last year’s No. 43 overall pick. Higgins’ deal may have had a hand in that.

Collins was part of a defensive line makeover this offseason, one that included taking Mykel Williams in the first round to play opposite Nick Bosa.

At Texas, the defensive tackle was a force in the middle, accumulating 55 tackles, six tackles for loss, and a sack in 2024.

Of course, there’s probably more to the deal, so more should come in on the guarantees and any other language that isn’t initially reported.