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Out of the four, Anderson had the greatest impact last season, tallying a forced fumble and a sack in 12 games. He will return to the 49ers - along with Barrett, Graham, and Willis - after signing an exclusive rights tender. The 49ers round out the edges of their roster heading into draft week.

Barrett and McGill were elevated via standard elevation to the active roster ahead of Super Bowl LVIII before being made inactive. The reserve/future deals hint at interest from the team to at least bring back the four players for camp battles once the new league year begins heading into the 2024 NFL Draft.

Raheem Mostert, Trey Sermon, and Elijah Mitchell are San Francisco’s top-three running backs, at least until Jeff Wilson returns. The 49ers also waived/released DL Alex Barrett, WR River Cracraft, DL Darrion Daniels, OL Alfredo Gutierrez, LB Justin Hilliard, FB Josh Hokit, OL Corbin Kaufusi, S Jared Mayden, OL Colton McKivitz, CB Alexander Myres, OL Dakoda Shepley, LB Elijah Sullivan, WR Nsimba Webster, WR Travis Benjamin, OL Jake Brendel, S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, CB Dontae Johnson, OL Senio Kelemete, TE Jordan Matthews, TE MyCole Pruitt, QB Nate Sudfeld, and DL Eddie Yarbrough.

Barrett totaled 15 tackles and two sacks over an eight-game stint with the AAF’s San Diego Fleet. The league’s collapse this week left the San Diego State alum unemployed, but obviously it didn’t take him long to resurface. Barrett appeared in two games for the Lions in 2017 and spent part of last year on Detroit’s practice squad.