NFL teams have been busy with free agency, agreeing to contracts worth a total of $2.3 billion during the first eight hours of the negotiating period.
While some big names have already found new deals, others are still searching. One such player is Jauan Jennings.
Jennings’ Strengths and Recent Performance
Jauan Jennings is viewed as an underrated wideout who presumably has not found the kind of market he expected in free agency.
He is considered underrated for a few reasons. Firstly, he has good size at 6-foot-3, 212 pounds. Secondly, he’s a great blocker and tough competitor who gets under opposing players’ skin. And thirdly, he has stepped up for the San Francisco 49ers every time they’ve asked him to.
The former seventh-round pick had a career year in 2024, catching 77 passes for 975 yards and six touchdowns, then came back and caught 55 passes for 643 yards and a career-high nine touchdowns in 2025.
- He ranks second on the 49ers in receptions and receiving yards over the last two seasons, behind George Kittle.
- He is tied with Kittle for most receiving touchdowns over the past two seasons with 15.
Jennings has also established himself as a trusted target. He has more receptions (47) and receiving yards (546) on third down than any other 49er over the past two seasons, and led the team in red-zone targets, fourth-quarter targets and third-down targets.
A Return to Tennessee?
The Tennessee Titans are already a top spender in free agency, but they may not be done yet. The release of L’Jarius Sneed freed up $11.4 million in cap space, and the Titans also gained $24.3 million in space thanks to an NFL cap adjustment.
Tennessee signed Wan’Dale Robinson to a four-year, $70 million deal, but the work at wideout is not done. It’s unknown if Calvin Ridley will be back after fracturing his fibula last year, leaving Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike as the returning starters.
One possibility is that the Tennessee kid and former University of Tennessee star returns to Tennessee.
Other Free Agency Moves
Jaelan Phillips cashed in with the largest deal of free agency thus far, signing a four-year, $120 million deal with the Carolina Panthers that pays out on average $30 million per year. The Indianapolis Colts also found a way to keep both Alec Pierce and Daniel Jones.
Pierce signed the most lucrative contract for a wide receiver in free agency history, putting pen to paper on a four-year, $114 million deal. As for Jones, he reportedly agreed to a two-year, $88 million deal — making him just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to receive two multiyear contracts worth $40 million per season, joining Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen, according to CBS Sports Research.
With free agency still underway, it’s worth keeping an eye on where players like Joey Bosa could land.