Mac Jones has a brand new residence.
The quarterback has agreed to a two-year, $7 million contract to hitch the 49ers, NFL Community reported Wednesday evening.
Jones will make $5 million in assured cash and might earn as a lot as $11.5 million.
He probably will slot in as a backup to incumbent 49ers starter Brock Purdy.
Jones, 26, spent final season with the Jaguars after he was traded by the Patriots following Invoice Belichick’s dismissal.
Because the understudy to Trevor Lawrence, Jones nonetheless obtained into 10 video games — beginning seven — as Lawrence suffered a concussion and wanted season-ending surgical procedure to restore an AC joint damage.
Jones threw for 1,672 yards with eight touchdowns and eight interceptions whereas going 2-5 because the Jaguars’ starter.
His 39.8 QBR represented his finest since his Professional Bowl rookie season in New England.
Jones offers the 49ers some veteran insurance coverage behind Purdy, who was backed up final season by Joshua Dobbs and Brandon Allen, every of whom obtained one begin every.
There was numerous buzz within the lead-up to the 2021 draft that the 49ers would use their first-round decide on Jones earlier than they traded up for the No. 3 general decide to pick Trey Lance.
Jones finally fell to the Patriots at No. 15, spending an up-and-down three years with the group that noticed him attain the playoffs as soon as however get benched for Bailey Zappe at factors throughout 2022 and 2023.
Now on his third staff in as a few years, Jones will get one other contemporary begin.
