49ers news: Niners trading Day 2 pick to Cowboys for standout DT

The San Francisco 49ers are trading a 2026 third-round pick to the Dallas Cowboys for standout defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Wednesday. The draft pick being sent to Dallas is No. 92 overall.

Odighizuwa, 27, has spent the last five years with the Cowboys since being drafted in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft out of UCLA. In five years, he’s totaled 216 tackles, 17 sacks, and 34 tackles for loss. In 2025, he had 44 tackles, 3.5 sacks, and six tackles for loss.

The defensive tackle has been a quality pass rusher, leading the Cowboys with 52 pressures last year, while having a 13.6 percent pass rush win rate, according to PFF. In 2024, Odighizuwa had 62 pressures with a pass-rush win rate of 15.1 percent.

The 49ers were searching for help along the defensive line this offseason, having needs both on the edge and the interior. The team drafted defensive tackles Alfred Collins and C.J. West in the second and fourth rounds, respectively, of the 2025 NFL Draft, but adding a proven option was a priority.

NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported that the 49ers were in on John Franklin-Myers, the top defensive tackle in free agency this offseason, before he ultimately signed with the Titans. Now, they’re using one of their seven draft picks to trade for Odighizuwa, who comes to San Francisco with three years left on his contract.

The 49ers still have their first-round pick (No. 27), second-round pick (No. 58), and four fourth-round picks (Nos. 127, 133, 138, 139).

Last offseason, Odighizuwa signed a four-year, $80 million deal with the Cowboys, but reports suggested he was on the trading block, which makes sense given that Dallas acquired star Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline.

San Francisco will take on the last three years of his contract, and Odighizuwa will have base salaries of $16.25 million, $20 million, and $20 million over the next three seasons.