- Position
- CB
- Number
- #22
- Age
- 27
- Pieces here
- 14
On the record
Called Shots →None of the three defensive backs San Francisco worked out on August 14, 2026, Bryce Hall, Troy Pride Jr. and Corey Mayfield Jr., signs with the 49ers on or before August 20, 2026. The take is CORRECT if the club's transaction log carries no signing of any of the three by the end of August 20. It is WRONG if any one of them is signed in that window, whatever the corresponding move is.
In San Francisco's Week 1 game against the Rams on September 10, 2026, Jack Jones plays MORE defensive snaps than Nate Hobbs. A player absent from the game book's Playtime Percentage page counts as zero, whether he is inactive, on injured reserve, or no longer on the roster. The take is CORRECT only if Jones's defensive snap count is strictly greater than Hobbs's. It is WRONG if Hobbs's is equal to or greater than Jones's, and that includes the case where both are zero.
Nate Hobbs is on the San Francisco 49ers' initial 53-man roster as announced at the August 30, 2026 cutdown. Scored off the club's announced initial 53-man roster and nothing else. The practice squad is not the 53, and a signing, claim or elevation after the initial roster is announced is not the 53. A player placed on injured reserve FROM the initial 53 counts as having made it, per the Kaelon Black precedent of 2026-07-29.
Written about him
Nate Hobbs Made The 53 On Sunday And Went On Injured Reserve On Monday
The 49ers placed cornerback Nate Hobbs and linebacker Nick Martin on injured reserve Monday and re-signed safety Ashtyn Davis and punter Corliss Waitman to one-year deals. Because Hobbs and Martin were placed the day after the initial roster was set rather than during the cut to it, neither needed one of the two return designations San Francisco had already spent on Christian Kirk and Austen Pleasants, and neither is finished for the year. Both must miss at least the first four games. The earliest either can play is October 11 at Seattle. Matt Maiocco wrote on Sunday that both placements were coming Monday. San Francisco claimed nobody on waivers and lost cornerback Darrell Luter Jr. to Las Vegas and defensive lineman Bryson Eason to Kansas City. Thirteen players are on the practice squad, including long snapper Jon Weeks, who is not on the active roster.
Jalen Stroman Played Every Defensive Snap And More Special Teams Than Anybody
Six calls on San Francisco's initial 53-man roster, due Sunday at 3 p.m. Pacific. In: Jalen Stroman, who played all 66 defensive snaps and 21 on special teams against the Raiders, the most of any 49er; Nate Hobbs; and Jacob Cowing, already on the ledger since August 23. Out: Jordan Watkins, who played 53 of 61 offensive snaps and touched the ball nine ways; Ashtyn Davis; and Ogbo Okoronkwo, already on the ledger since August 5. Every call scores off the club's announced initial 53 and nothing else. A man placed on injured reserve from that list counts as having made it.
Jack Jones Broke Up Two Passes At The Chargers. Nate Hobbs Has Not Played A Preseason Snap.
The official game book from Thursday night at SoFi Stadium credits Jack Jones with two passes defensed, the most by any 49er in a game the team finished with seven, and 29 of San Francisco's 59 defensive snaps. Nate Hobbs pulled a groin at the joint practice with Tennessee on August 11 and does not appear on the participation page of either preseason game. Kyle Shanahan said on August 13 that Hobbs would be out a few weeks. The roster is due Sunday, August 30 at 3:00pm PT. This board moves Jones from 5 to 7 and inside the projected 53, and Hobbs from 6 to 5 and outside it.
Bryce Hall And Corey Mayfield Jr. Won A UFL Title Together. On Friday They Were Auditioning In Santa Clara.
The 49ers worked out three defensive backs on Friday, per David Bonilla off the NFL's daily transaction report, with Nate Hobbs out a few weeks, Jack Jones nursing a hand and Marques Sigle an oblique. Bryce Hall and Corey Mayfield Jr. were teammates on the UFL champion Louisville Kings, and Troy Pride Jr. was a fourth-round pick in the same 2020 draft that took Hall in the fifth. No signing had been announced by mid-afternoon, and the roster has been full for ten days. Kurtis Rourke was released from the hospital Thursday night and no result of his further imaging has been published. The first snap counts of the preseason put Robert Jones and Connor Colby on opposite sides of the centre for all 44 first-unit snaps, and Jordan Watkins on the field for 58 while Jacob Cowing took none.
