Guard Laken Tomlinson is staying with the San Francisco 49ers. Tomlinson, who joined the 49ers in 2017 from Detroit Lions, signed a three-year, $18 million extension with the team which will keep him in San Francisco through 2021. According to NFL Network, the deal includes $10 million guaranteed.
“Laken is a very talented player who has improved consistently since joining the team one week before last year’s season opener,”- said 49ers general manager John Lynch in a statement. “This offseason, his hard work, and dedication paid off as he continued to progress and performed at a high level. We were confident we could work out a contract extension with Laken and we are fired up to get that done before training camp.“
Congrats @laken77!
The #49ers have signed the OL to a three-year contract extension through the 2021 season. https://t.co/wmxnjRaerX pic.twitter.com/ybCV4FKGFj
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) June 22, 2018
Laken Tomlinson was taken in the first round of 2015 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. After spending three years with the team, and failing to live up to his expectations, Lions decided to move on from him and traded Tomlinson to the San Francisco 49ers for a 2019 fifth-round draft pick. Despite his poor performances in Detroit, 49ers made Tomlinson their starting left guard, and he ended up playing 15 games in the 2017 season.
49ers were satisfied with what they have seen but didn’t want to exercise the fifth-year option on the player’s contract, which was worth $9.6 million. Instead, they looked to bring him at a lower rate with a long-term extension, which they ended up doing.
