The 49ers have waived wide receiver K.D. Cannon, according to David Smoak of ESPN-Central Texas (Twitter link). Cannon’s agent has confirmed the former Baylor wideout’s release, tweets Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area.
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Cannon had been viewed as one of the premier undrafted free agents following last week’s draft, and San Francisco handed him a $5K signing bonus and guaranteed $40K of his 2017 base salary in order to land him. But Cannon apparently didn’t show enough during the 49ers’ rookie minicamp to stick on the roster, and Maiocco speculates the club may be clearing roster space in order to ink tryout players.
Cannon, 21, declared for the draft after only three years at Baylor. In his final season with the Bears, Cannon posted 87 receptions for 1,215 yards and 13 touchdowns. The 49ers’ $45K guarantee likely means Cannon drew a significant amount of interest as an undrafted free agent, so there’s a good chance he’ll be claimed off waivers by a rival team.
San Francisco has been aggressive in signing UDFAs, as running back Matt Breida, safety Malik Golden, and tight end Cole Hikutini all received at least $15K in guaranteed money. Colorado linebacker Jimmie Gilbert, meanwhile, garnered a whopping $62K guaranteed.
Kind of a head scratcher
Throw money…..just throw money.
I’m kinda surprised on this but then I read how he wasn’t hustling or showing any urgency during the rookie mini camp, so who knows
Could it maybe be that he really didn’t want to play for SF, and was tanking it?
He was a free agent,he didnt have to sign there if he didnt wanna go there.
Signing somewhere and not giving effort wont help him get anywhere he wants to be.
But it sure did pay good.
Not compared to what he can make if he sticks on any team.making any roster will make him 465k.
Not working hard,as an undrafted free agent,will lead him to the cfl or the arena league,where he might make 3rd of that.
Lynch will demand a certain culture
Well it puts undrafted rookies on notice if you come to the niners you better show you wanna play otherwise ur gone as much as it pains me to say this because we needed help at this position but I would rather have a player who wants to do the grind so he earn a starting job then a guy showing up and just going through the motions and not really trying his hard I hope he makes it elsewhere but it definitely puts the rookies on notice especially the undrafted
by the way sorry guys for not putting commas or periods in that last comment I just wrote
I like it! This new regime seems smart. Aggressively sign UDFA’s with the temptation of guaranteed, quick $$$…….Giving them the very 1st, possibly ONLY opportunity to find a hidden gem!!
All this (add the $$ up) for a relatively small sum…..SMART!