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By Matthew Davis
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The San Francisco 49ers wide receiver room has been in flux this offseason, and now there’s another receiver who won’t be back this season.
Former 49ers wide receiver Trent Taylor is calling it a career just days before training camp starts. Taylor played for the 49ers from 2017 and 2020 and again from 2024 to 2025.
The former Louisiana Tech star went in the fifth round to the Niners in 2017, and he also had a productive career with three stops. He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2021 to 2022 and for the Chicago Bears in 2023.
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Taylor tallied 88 receptions for 845 yards, and he had 1,157 return yards on special teams. He also scored three career touchdowns.
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His wife, Sarah Taylor, posted an announcement on Instagram. She shared a fun moment between the couple and 49ers tight end George Kittle and his wife, Claire Kittle.
“Ended the journey with the same ones we started it with,” Sarah Taylor wrote.
San Francisco also drafted Kittle in the fifth round of that same draft. The former Iowa star went 31 picks earlier than Taylor.
Their careers went in two relatively different directions as Kittle became a Pro Bowler and a key player in the offense. That said, Taylor carved a niche in the 49ers offense and special teams, and it was enough for the Niners to bring him back late in his career.
His first NFL season was his best statistically with 43 catches for 430 yards and two touchdowns. While his numbers never matched that again, he played in 78 career games, as all three teams found a role for the 5-foot-8, 180-pound wide receiver.
Before the NFL, the Louisiana native posted 327 catches for 4,179 yards and 32 touchdowns in his college career in Ruston, Louisiana with the Bulldogs.
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