Yetur Gross-matos

Career StatsC+

Year	Team	GP	Sacks	Tkl	TFL
Career		74	17.0	169	28
2025		8	0.0	8	1
2024		11	4.0	19	5.5
2023		12

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Salary-cap math on Yetur Gross-Matos's contract works out to a B Contract Value Index given the dead-cap exposure and term. At $795K AAV, this is replacement-level money for a depth edge rusher, and the CVI reflects the fact that San Francisco is carrying minimal financial risk on a sixth-year veteran who has failed to establish himself as a consistent contributor. His 2025 season performance — 8 tackles across 8 games before an IR stint — aligns squarely with his C+ performance grade and underscores why the 49ers' front office is openly considering moving on; a former second-round pick (38th overall in 2020) has accumulated just 17 career sacks and has never transitioned from rotational depth into impact territory. At 28 years old, Gross-Matos sits at an inflection point where his service time and draft pedigree no longer carry organizational goodwill, especially after a hamstring injury raised durability concerns that will shadow his free-agency market. The prevailing media narrative is unforgiving — analysts are explicitly debating whether San Francisco should even bother retaining him, a conversation that reflects both his marginal on-field production and the team's apparent indifference to his future. His next contract will almost certainly be a prove-it deal with a new organization, not a career extension with the 49ers, and that reset will be the only path to rehabilitating a reputation that has fully deteriorated over the past offseason.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

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

Performance Analysis

Tape review and box-score baselines converge on a C+ performance grade for Yetur Gross-Matos. The 28-year-old edge rusher profiles as a depth-rotation piece rather than a dependable starter — a classification that, while serviceable in limited snaps, underscores his inability to develop into the impact player the 49ers envisioned when they selected him 38th overall in 2020. His 2025 season: 8 tackles, 8 games output reflects both durability and production concerns: limited opportunities and modest output paint the picture of a player pushed to the margins of the defensive scheme. The hamstring injury that landed him on IR in Week 16 and forced a late-season activation compounds the erosion of his value; at six seasons into his career with just 17 total sacks, Gross-Matos has failed to establish a defined or essential role. The 49ers' recent roster moves — centered on running back additions and secondary reinforcements — send a clear organizational signal that Gross-Matos is not part of the competitive window, a reality underscored by widespread media consensus that San Francisco is unlikely to retain him in free agency. Heading into the offseason, he faces a make-or-break moment: a prove-it deal on the open market is his likeliest path forward, and any traction he gains will depend on a dramatic shift in durability and role definition.

How Yetur Compares at the Position

Yetur Gross-matos ranks 54th of 147 graded defensive ends by performance. That slots Yetur between Alex Wright (C+) just ahead and Darrell Taylor (C+) just behind.

Current Sentiment

The public narrative around Yetur Gross-Matos has curdled into one of the more unforgiving storylines on the 49ers roster this offseason, and a D- sentiment grade reflects just how little goodwill remains for the sixth-year veteran. The dominant media framing is a "running out of time" arc — analysts are openly debating whether San Francisco should even bother re-signing him in free agency, a conversation that signals the organization holds essentially no leverage in shaping his reputation, and that his ceiling as a former 38th-overall pick has been thoroughly written off. That pessimism is grounded in reality: a D+ performance grade and 8 tackles across 8 games in the 2025 season, bookended by an injured reserve stint that erased most of his year, paint the picture of a replacement-level edge rusher who never carved out a defined role. His late activation from IR generated headlines, but those headlines were transactional rather than optimistic — the kind of coverage that follows a depth piece filling a procedural roster spot, not a contributor making a case for his future. Meanwhile, the 49ers' offseason activity has done nothing to cushion Gross-Matos's standing; San Francisco has been adding new bodies at multiple positions, and none of the recent moves signal any organizational urgency to retain him specifically. With 17 career sacks across six seasons on near-minimum money, the cautionary-tale framing has fully taken hold, and the media is offering him no benefit of the doubt heading into what amounts to a make-or-break free agency.