TLDR:

• The San Francisco 49ers will forfeit their 2025 fifth-round pick due to accounting errors.
• The error was found at the close of the 2022 league year and will also impact their 2024 draft picks.

Niners to forfeit 2025 fifth-round pick as result of administrative payroll accounting errors

The San Francisco 49ers will forfeit their original fifth-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft and will have their
2024 fourth-round selection moved four spots down behind compensatory picks due to an administrative payroll accounting
error, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. The error was found at the close of the 2022 league year, leading
to action by the NFL that will affect the club’s next two drafts. In this year’s draft, the 49ers’ original fourth-round
pick at No. 131 will now move to No. 135. The NFL clarified that the club would have remained under the salary cap
at all times regardless of the error and there was no intent to circumvent the cap.

The 49ers currently hold 10 total picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, which is set to begin on April 25 from Detroit.