The 49ers’ backfield got a shakeup when the team traded for running back Christian McCaffrey. It could get another shakeup after the Bye week when RB Elijah Mitchell figures to return from a high ankle sprain. With the position in flux in San Francisco, teams are calling about acquiring 49ers RB Jeff Wilson Jr. per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
San Francisco probably isn’t eager to let go of Wilson, so the asking price would likely start at one of the picks they lost in the McCaffrey trade. In that deal they sent their 2023 second, third and fourth-round selections, and a fifth-round choice in the 2024 draft. A fifth-rounder next year probably isn’t going to get it done, so it might take a fourth or better to convince the 49ers to let Wilson go.
