The San Francisco 49ers have reached an injury settlement with veteran Patrick Taylor Jr. and have parted ways with him, the team transaction logs show. The settlement removes Taylor from the 49ers’ injured reserve list and makes him a free agent.
The move was recorded on the NFL transaction report; the 49ers reached an injury settlement that removed Taylor from injured reserve and made him a free agent, clearing him to sign elsewhere.
Because Taylor was on injured reserve, his release does not count as one of the 49ers’ required roster cuts to reach the 53-man limit; he was not part of the club’s 90-man offseason roster when the settlement was finalized. Before the injury, Taylor had been competing for a back-end roster spot in San Francisco’s camp.
With the roster spot vacated, the 49ers signed veteran Khalil Herbert to take Taylor’s place. Herbert was brought in to fill the role Taylor had been auditioning for prior to his injury.
The injury settlement makes Taylor immediately eligible to pursue opportunities elsewhere once any settlement-related conditions and waiting periods conclude, and it formally severs the contract relationship between player and club. For the 49ers, the procedural move clears an administrative roster matter without affecting the team’s official cut count.
The move resolved Taylor’s status with San Francisco — he was removed from injured reserve and is now a free agent — and opened a spot for Herbert to enter the team’s roster picture.
