NFL rumors: Javon Kinlaw fifth-year option unlikely to be picked up by 49ers

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Javon Kinlaw fifth-year option unlikely to be picked up by 49ers

After another injury-riddled campaign paired with mixed results on the field when healthy, Kinlaw’s long-term future in San Francisco reportedly is in jeopardy.

The Athletic’s Matt Barrows and David Lombardi wrote last week the 49ers are “unlikely” to pick up the fifth-year option on Kinlaw’s rookie contract.

That would mean next season — Kinlaw’s fourth in the league since being selected No. 14 overall by the 49ers in the 2020 NFL Draft — would be the last on his rookie contract. Kinlaw would be an unrestricted free agent next offseason.

NFL teams have until the May 1 deadline to decide whether or not to exercise fifth-year options on first-round picks from the 2020 draft class.