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Three recent wide receiver trade compensation packages to know amid Jauan Jennings' desire for new contract from 49ers

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Kyle Crabbs | Last updated Jul 14, 2025 2:25 PM ET

There's a new face at wide receiver that may be available via trade. It's been a busy, chaotic offseason for pass catchers, with no shortage of names perceived to be available via trade. San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings is the newest entrant to the club.

It appeared to start with Tyreek Hill in January, although the smoke there has cooled considerably. Deebo Samuel, Christian Kirk, and D.K. Metcalf were all traded within a week and a half of one another back in March. George Pickens was traded to Dallas in May. If you extend the calendar back to the 2024 regular season, we also saw Amari Cooper, Davante Adams, DeAndre Hopkins, Jonathan Mingo, Jahan Dotson, Diontae Johnson, and Mike Williams traded as well.

Each one of these players offers unique circumstances. Some, such as Mingo and Dotson, have not achieved as much as Jennings. Others, such as Adams and Hopkins, have achieved much more — although both were also later in their respective careers. Looking back through recent years, you do see some players who happen to have some overlap with age, contributions, and body type/play style that could inspire a future deal for Jennings.

Recent NFL wide receiver trades that could mirror Jennings' market

Mohamed Sanu - 2019 trade to New England

Sanu was traded as a 30-year old wide receiver in-season after serving as a big, physical, complementary receiver with the Falcons and Bengals. He was shipped to New England for a second-round draft choice in the 2020 NFL Draft, a move that turned into an absolute disaster for New England.

Jennings is two years younger than Sanu was in 2019 and is a better route runner — but this is the gold standard for what his trade market could look like.

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Martavis Bryant - 2018 trade to Oakland

Bryant was traded in 2018 after three seasons of play and four years in Pittsburgh. He was suspended for the 2016 season, which came after his career-best season as a 24 year-old wide receiver in 2015. Bryant was a dynamic downfield target who was a fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft and is certainly a more explosive player than Jennings, so their style of play is not a one-for-one. But after his return from suspension, he had a successful season in Pittsburgh and was then traded to the Raiders for a third-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft — although that deal came together in April before that year's draft, not in the summertime.

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DeVante Parker - 2022 trade to New England

Parker, even at his best, was not the same route runner that Jennings is. Please don't mistake this as a player comparison. But there's certainly some overlap for players who teased potential that makes the compensation package worth noting. Parker was traded off of a breakout stretch of play while getting paid middle-class wide receiver money; that surely overlaps with Jennings. Parker, along with a 2022 fifth-round draft choice, was traded to New England ahead of the 2022 NFL draft for a 2023 third-round pick.

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