San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is slated to enter the final year of his contract in the 2025 season. If he gets beyond 2025, he’ll be in line to do something that has become exceedingly rare in 49ers history.
Kittle in 2020 inked a five-year, $75 million extension with the 49ers and he’s on track to play out the entirety of that deal. He told FanDuel’s Kay Adams he wants to spend his entire career in San Francisco, and assuming he has more than one year of football left, a new contract would be in order to help him fulfill that wish.
Adams asked Kittle if there were any extension talks happening and Kittle looked at his watch before answering.
“Waiting on them,” Kittle said. “I think there’s been talking. We’re mildly on the same page.”
When pressed on why there’s a delay on a new contract, Kittle responded “I have no idea. I just work here. My agent does that stuff.”
If Kittle does get an extension, he would get to the 10-year mark with the 49ers and earn a spot on the franchise’s 10-Year Wall. That’s an area reserved only for players who spend at least 10 years with the franchise.
It would make sense that the 49ers would want to keep Kittle in red and gold for the foreseeable future. While he turns 32 in October, he’s revived his career with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. The 49ers also don’t have anyone waiting in the wings to take over as their starting TE.
Only 51 players all-time have earned a spot in that exclusive club. The last player to get on the wall was left tackle Joe Staley, who was drafted in 2007. Vernon Davis (2006 draft) and Frank Gore (2005 draft) also made it to the 10-year mark. Kittle has an excellent shot at joining them with Year 9 coming up and a potential contract extension looming.