Source: 49ers reach 1-year deal with WR Christian Kirk - ESPN

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For the second time in a week the San Francisco 49ers added a veteran to their wide receiver room, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal with Christian Kirk, a source told ESPN.

Kirk spent 2025 with the Houston Texans after a three-year stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars and his first four seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. The deal is for up to $6 million, sources told NFL reporter Jordan Schultz, who first reported the agreement.

For the Niners, Kirk's addition is the latest to a receiver room that is undergoing significant renovation. The 49ers signed Mike Evans to a three-year, $42.5 million deal in the opening hours of free agency last week.

The additions of Evans and Kirk offer the Niners proven production at the position with Jauan Jennings, Brandon Aiyuk, Kendrick Bourne and Skyy Moore either already landing elsewhere or expected to in the coming weeks or months.

Jennings is an unrestricted free agent after he and the Niners could not come to an agreement on an extension last offseason. He has yet to sign with another team after the first week of free agency.

Aiyuk is all but certain to be gone with general manager John Lynch saying in January that the receiver has played his final snap as a Niner. Lynch indicated that a transaction would come after the new league year begins, which happened last Wednesday.

Because the new league year is underway, the 49ers can release Aiyuk at any point and designate him a post-June 1 cut. That would allow them to spread his dead money cap hit over two seasons.

So far, the 49ers have held on to Aiyuk as Lynch has said the team would continue hoping for a trade to materialize. Because trades can't be given the post-June 1 designation, the 49ers will have to