
TE · San Francisco 49ers
1 transaction this offseason
Height
6'4"
Weight
251 lbs
Draft
—
Experience
0 yrs
Grade this player:
Length
3 years
Total Value
$3.1M
AAV
$1.0M/yr
CVI Grade coming soon — contract details will be available when official terms are reported.
Khalil DiNkins has not yet appeared in an NFL regular season game. A performance grade will be automatically generated once career statistics become available and the 16-game minimum is reached.
Khalil Dinkins enters the 2026 NFL season as one of the more intriguing developmental tight end prospects on the San Francisco 49ers roster, having signed with the club as an undrafted free agent out of Penn State. His path to the active roster will be steep given the 49ers' historically competitive depth chart at the tight end position, but the organization's willingness to sign him reflects at least baseline confidence in his raw skill set. Media coverage surrounding Dinkins has been largely transactional and roster-news driven, with no meaningful feature coverage or analytical breakdowns elevating his profile beyond that of a camp body with upside. Fan perception remains nascent and largely undefined, as undrafted rookies at non-premium skill positions rarely generate significant buzz until they produce on the field in preseason action. Heading into the season, Dinkins is best characterized as a developmental prospect whose perception trajectory is entirely open-ended — a blank slate that will be written by training camp performance and preseason opportunity.
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Khalil DiNkins is a player on a rookie-scale contract listed at TE for the San Francisco 49ers. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every NFL player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Khalil DiNkins: Contract Value Index pending, Performance pending, Sentiment D, Fan Verdict pending.
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