49ers have just 2 draft picks left to sign after making Mykel Williams official

Draft pick signings have become much more of a formality in this era of slotted contracts in the NFL, and the 49ers are closing in on having their entire 2025 class signed after getting their most significant selection under contract.

The 49ers on Thursday made it official that they have signed 11th overall pick Mykel Williams to his rookie deal. According to Aaron Wilson and the rookie wage scale, Williams’s four-year deal is fully guaranteed. He’ll make $24.94 million, including a $14.78 million signing bonus.

Williams’ deal also includes a fifth-year option, as is the case with all first-round picks. The 49ers have taken up just one fifth-year option since doing so with Nick Bosa in 2019. Brandon Aiyuk had his fifth-year option picked up, but the 49ers declined the option on his fellow 2020 pick Javon Kinlaw, while Trey Lance was traded before that became an issue.

The goal for Williams will be to succeed where Kinlaw failed and eventually go on to earn a second contract. To do so, he’ll likely need some help from the two draft picks the 49ers have yet to sign.

Second-round pick Alfred Collins and fourth-rounder CJ West, in whom the 49ers are set to place significant faith as they rebuild the interior of the defensive line, remain unsigned.

It likely won’t be long before that changes. While rookie holdouts are largely a thing of the past, there can still be contract stand-offs with draft picks, which primarily relate to issues around offset language.

But, having avoided any such problems with Williams, the 49ers should have little problem getting Collins and West under contract before OTAs and minicamp.