The San Francisco 49ers signed free-agent defensive end Darryl Johnson to an undisclosed deal on Tuesday. Johnson, 26, was drafted in the seventh round by the Buffalo Bills in 2019 and has also spent time with the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks. He was in training camp with Carolina last year, which means he's familiar to 49ers defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, who was the interim head coach for the Panthers after Matt Rhule was fired in 2022. In a corresponding move, the team waived wide receiver Shae Wyatt, an undrafted rookie out of Tulane. In four years in the NFL, Johnson has racked up only 34 tackles (23 solo), two sacks, six tackles for loss and five QB hits in 38 games (one start). He's played only seven games in the last two seasons with Carolina and Seattle.
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Darryl Johnson (foot) is expected to miss significant time after suffering an injury in Week 4. The fourth-year pro suffered a legitimate foot injury during the win over the Detroit Lions. The former seventh rounder is out indefinitely, but this isn't a huge loss for the Seahawks. Johnson only played 19% of the defensive snaps through the first four weeks.
Buffalo Bills defensive end Darryl Johnson has been traded to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a sixth-round pick. It sounds like there were multiple teams that were interested in the young pass rusher. In two seasons, Johnson recorded 29 tackles and two sacks through 29 games, but zero starts with the Bills. The 24-year-old was originally a seventh round pick of the team back in 2019. He has a chance to make a legitimate impact on the Panthers defense going forward. This trade won't impact the Bills defense by much and they should remain a reliable fantasy defense.
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