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It’s a deal so cheap that Brown’s contract will not be eligible for a compensatory pick.
We’re a bit late on this piece of NFL free agency contract news, but if it’s news to us it’s likely news to you.
The Seattle Seahawks opted not to retain cornerback Tre Brown after four seasons with the team. Brown quickly landed with the San Francisco 49ers, the NFC West’s reigning fourth-place finishers.
After a serious knee injury ended his rookie season and limited his playing time in his second year, Brown went from a starter in 2023 (and playing fairly well) to losing his starting job to Josh Jobe midway through an injury-affected 2024 season. Brown was likely to be an inexpensive signing and that’s exactly what he was for the 49ers.
OverTheCap.com has the contract details on Brown’s $1.7 million deal:
All the money is accounted for in this breakdown. The value is $1.7 million, his base salary is $1.17 million, while his signing bonus, workout bonus, and per-game roster bonus (should he play in every game) total up to $530,000. Add $1,170,000 and $530,000 together and you’ve got yourself a $1.7 million contract.
For comparison, Josh Jobe’s new Seahawks contract is worth $2 million but with no guaranteed salary. He does have a $300,000 signing bonus, a $340,000 per-game roster bonus, and a base salary of $1,360,000. It seemed inevitable that once Jobe was favored over Brown that Tre wasn’t coming back.
Brown’s contract is low value to the point where he’s a non-Compensatory Free Agent departure. Not that the Seahawks were ever going to get comp picks for 2026 once they re-signed Ernest Jones and Jarran Reed, but it looks as if Laken Tomlinson will be their only CFA eligible player to depart in free agency.
With the 49ers losing Charvarius Ward to the Indianapolis Colts in free agency, it looks like the main corners will be Deommodore Lenoir and second-year player Renardo Green. Pending any moves made in the draft, Brown could very well find himself as at least a third corner with significant playing time in San Francisco’s rebuilding defense.
