49ers Designating DT Javon Hargrave As Post-June 1 Release

49ers GM John Lynch announced they plan on designating DT Javon Hargrave as a post-June 1 release, per Nick Wagoner. 

Lynch also indicated they are interested in bringing him back once he’s a free agent. 

Hargrave, 31, is a former third-round pick of the Steelers back in 2016. He played out the final year of his four-year, $3.11 million contract and signed a three-year, $39 million deal with the Eagles in 2020.

He finished the final year of that contract and made $12.75 million in 2022. From there, he signed a four-year, $80 million contract with the 49ers back in 2023.

Hargrave was scheduled to make base salaries of $19.9 million and $21.65 million in the final two years of that deal when San Francisco reworked his contract.

Releasing him with a post-June 1 designation would create $2.85 million in cap space and $7.37 million in dead money. 

In 2024, Hargrave appeared in three games for the 49ers and tallied seven total tackles, including one tackle for loss and one sack.