49ers Sign Fourth-Round DT Gracen Halton, Complete Draft Deals

The 49ers announced the signing of fourth-round defensive tackle Gracen Halton on Tuesday. The team now has its entire eight-member draft class under contract.

As the 107th overall pick, Halton will earn $5.62MM on his four-year rookie deal. The 6-2, 293-pounder is officially joining the 49ers after a four-year run at Oklahoma, where he was at his most productive over the past two seasons. Halton tallied 63 tackles, 13 TFL and 8.5 sacks in 26 games from 2024-25. He earned a second-team All-SEC nod in his final year with the Sooners.

Halton should “thrive” as a part-time player in the pros, according to The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who ranked him the 127th-best prospect available before the draft. He will indeed begin his pro career in a part-time role in San Francisco, which sent a third-round pick to Dallas for defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa several weeks before the draft. Odighizuwa will start alongside 2025 second-rounder Alfred Collins in new coordinator Raheem Morris’ defense. The 49ers also have 2025 fourth-rounder CJ West, Evan Anderson, Sebastian Valdez, and undrafted rookies Bryson Eason and James Thompson under contract at D-tackle.

Now that 49ers general manager John Lynch has completed his draft signings, here is a refresher on the club’s 2026 class:

• Round 2, No. 33 (from Jets): De’Zhaun Stribling (WR, Ole Miss) (signed)
• Round 3, No. 70 (from Browns): Romello Height (EDGE, Texas Tech) (signed)
• Round 3, No. 90 (from Texans via Dolphins): Kaelon Black (RB, Indiana) (signed)
• Round 4, No. 107 (from Browns): Gracen Halton (DT, Oklahoma) (signed)
• Round 4, No. 127: Carver Willis (T, Washington) (signed)
• Round 4, No. 139*: Ephesians Prysock (CB, Washington) (signed)
• Round 5, No. 154 (from Ravens): Jaden Dugger (LB, Louisiana) (signed)
• Round 5, No. 179 (from Jets)*: Enrique Cruz Jr. (T, Kansas) (signed)