Tre Tomlinson

Career Stats

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		15	—	—	13
2024		3	0	0	6
2023		15	0	0	13

Updated Jan 1, 1970

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Tre Tomlinson drew a C+ on the Contract Value Index — a calibrated read on San Francisco's cap allocation at cornerback. A sixth-round pick carrying a rookie-scale deal at roughly $1M AAV across four years represents the kind of low-cost depth investment that made sense in 2023, but Tomlinson's performance never justified the developmental bet: his 2024 season yielded just 6 tackles across 3 games before injury wiped out the entire 2025 campaign, effectively ending any meaningful trajectory for a second-year cornerback at age 26. The CVI grade reflects this reality — the deal itself carries minimal cap burden and poses no structural risk to San Francisco, but the player's failure to produce on the field or stay healthy transforms the contract from a prudent lottery ticket into dead roster space. Tomlinson's tenure perfectly captures the reality of sixth-round cornerback prospects: the salary floor is so low that even a complete miss costs the team almost nothing, yet the opportunity cost of holding a non-contributor in a defensive passing league matters when depth spots are finite. The 49ers' recent roster activity — signing safeties, running backs, and defensive linemen while releasing Tomlinson without fanfare — signals exactly how the organization views this situation: not a strategic pivot, but routine administrative housekeeping. The waiver release and the near-total absence of public reaction underscore that this was never a meaningful investment in San Francisco's future, merely a formality closing out a failed developmental cycle on terms that never endangered the team's cap health.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Tre's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis15/16 Games

Tre Tomlinson has played 15 career games, which is below the 16-game minimum required for a performance grade. Once Tre reaches 16 career games, the system will automatically generate a performance grade based on position-specific statistics.

Fan Sentiment

The public perception surrounding Tre Tomlinson's release from the San Francisco 49ers is best described as complete indifference — a sentiment that earns the hardest possible grade and reflects how little traction this move generated in the football conversation. Multiple reports confirmed the waiver simultaneously, and the consistent media framing was telling: this was a routine depth purge with minimal football impact, not a personnel decision that carries any real consequence for the 49ers' cornerback room. That narrative tracks cleanly with Tomlinson's on-field production, which itself grades out at the lowest tier — the 2024 season produced just 6 tackles across 3 games, and missing the entire 2025 season due to injury effectively ended whatever developmental runway remained for the 26-year-old sixth-round pick from the 2023 draft class. The broader roster activity in San Francisco offers additional context: while Tomlinson was being released, the 49ers were making active additions along the offensive and defensive lines, signaling that this release was nothing more than administrative housekeeping to create roster flexibility rather than any kind of meaningful strategic pivot. Fan reaction was practically nonexistent, which is perhaps the most accurate summary of a two-season tenure in which Tomlinson never carved out a defined role or generated the kind of memorable moments that prompt any genuine emotional response from a fanbase. The narrative here is not negative so much as it is simply absent — Tomlinson exits San Francisco as a quiet footnote, a second-year player whose injury-plagued tenure faded into the background long before the waiver wire confirmed what most had already stopped thinking about.