The 49ers, looking ahead a season, signed veteran safety and special-teams ace George Odum to a two-year contract extension, San Francisco officially announced Wednesday after the NFL 2024 league year began at 1:00 p.m. PST.
Odum now is signed through the 2026 NFL season after originally signing a three-year, $9.5 million contract with the 49ers in March 2022.
He was named second-team All-Pro after his first season with the 49ers, when he registered a career-best 21 tackles on special teams.
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Odum opens the 2024 offseason likely as a backup to presumptive starting safeties Talanoa Hufanga and Ji’Ayir Brown. Hufanga is returning from a torn ACL he sustained in Nov 2023.
Odum, 30, missed six games last season with a torn biceps. He returned from surgery and played in all three postseason games.
The 30-year-old safety still tied for the 49ers’ team lead with 10 tackles on special teams with tight end Charlie Woerner.
The 49ers signed Odum to a three-year contract in 2022 after he spent his first four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. He was selected to the All-Pro team in 2020 for his work on special teams. He started seven games at safety for the Colts in 2021.
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Odum entered the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted rookie from Central Arkansas.
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