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On the record
Called Shots →Corliss Waitman is the San Francisco 49ers' punter in Week 1 of the 2026 regular season. The take is CORRECT if he is on the active roster and is the club's punter for that game. It is WRONG if any other player punts for San Francisco in Week 1, and it is WRONG if Waitman is waived, released, traded, or placed on a reserve list before it.
Jon Weeks is on the San Francisco 49ers' ACTIVE roster, not its practice squad, for the Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams on September 10, 2026. The take is WRONG if he appears in that game as a standard practice-squad elevation rather than as an active-roster player, WRONG if a different long snapper is on the active roster in his place, and WRONG if he is not with the organisation at all. This is a claim about which list he is on, not about whether he plays.
Written about him
The 49ers gave Seattle 17 points off turnovers and took 21 back
Sunday's 32-29 win at Seattle was the first game this season in which the 49ers had to win a turnover exchange rather than avoid one. They gave the ball away three times, more than in their first four games combined, and Seattle scored 17 points off them, including both of its touchdowns. The 49ers scored 21 off four takeaways, and all three of their first-half touchdowns came on Seattle possessions that started inside the Seattle 12 after a Corliss Waitman punt. Seattle's five field-goal drives died between the San Francisco 22 and 32, three of them after sacks. The 49ers' own offense scored 11 points on nine possessions that did not start with a takeaway, both scores after Deebo Samuel left. Opponents have now scored eight touchdowns and kicked 12 field goals in five games.
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.
The 49ers Ended Their Punter Competition Twenty-Five Days After It Started
The 49ers waived rookie punter Jack Bouwmeester on Wednesday, twenty-five days after signing him to a three-year deal, which leaves Corliss Waitman as the only punter on the roster the day before the preseason opener. Special teams coordinator Brant Boyer said on August 3 that both the punter job and the punt return job would stay open through the preseason. Cornerback Eli Apple, defensive lineman Xavier Thomas and running back Zamir White signed one-year deals, receiver Junior Bergen was waived and defensive lineman K.J. Henry was waived with an injury designation. White arrives because four 49ers running backs were hurt at once. Six roster spots changed hands and the 53-man projection did not move a name.