Leonard Floyd Signs One-Year, $10M Deal With Falcons After 8.5-Sack Season With 49ers

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Updated Mar 11, 2025, 10:47 PM

The San Francisco 49ers have released defensive end Leonard Floyd after one season with the team, during which he started all 17 games and recorded 8.5 sacks, finishing second on the team in sacks. The release comes a year after Floyd signed a two-year, $20 million contract with the 49ers, and will result in an $8.6 million dead cap charge while freeing up $1.476 million in cap space. Floyd played 57% of the snaps during his tenure with San Francisco, earning $12.55 million. Following his release, Floyd has quickly found a new team, signing a one-year, $10 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons, negotiated by his agent Todd France of AthletesFirst. The move marks a return to his home state of Georgia, where he is a University of Georgia product and a native of Chauncey, Ga. Floyd, who has 66.5 career sacks and reached double-digit sacks twice in his career, will receive a raise from his previous salary with the 49ers.

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D. Orlando Ledbetter

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Former UGA standout Leonard Floyd to sign with the #Falcons. He has 66.5 career sacks. Has had double-digit sacks twice (2020 & 23). https://t.co/hTMqOGmUer