The San Francisco 49ers made a move in the closing moments of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
According to the Athletic’s Dianna Russini, the 49ers are dealing a 2026 seventh-round pick to the Houston Texans for defensive tackle Khalil Davis.
It’s not a huge surprise the 49ers and Texans linked up for a trade. They also came together on a deal that sent DT Maliek Collins to San Francisco over the offseason.
Davis, a 2020 sixth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of Nebraska, bounced around the league a couple of times before finding a home last season in Houston.
As a rookie with the Buccaneers, Davis played in only two games. The next year with the Indianapolis Colts he saw action in only one game before getting let go mid-season.
In 2022 Davis was on practice squads with the Steelers, Buccaneers and Rams.
The Texans signed him during the 2023 preseason and he wound up playing in 15 games for them. He notched 2.0 of his 3.0 career sacks. He added another this year where he’s contributed in all nine of Houston’s games.
It’s unlikely Davis will make a major impact, but he’ll fit in as a rotational interior defensive lineman where San Francisco has been thin since DT Javon Hargrave went down. Adding depth for the price of a future seventh-round pick is a nice move for the 49ers.
