49ers Officially Sign QB Josh Rosen, Place Three On COVID-19 List, Sign WR Jordan Matthews To PS

The San Francisco 49ers announced Wednesday that they’ve officially signed QB Josh Rosen off of the Buccaneers’ practice squad and placed WR Trent Taylor, TE Chase Harrell and FB Josh Hokit on the COVID-19 list.

The 49ers also signed veteran WR Jordan Matthews to their practice squad. 

Here’s the 49ers updated practice squad:

1. DT Darrion Daniels
2. DB Tim Harris
3. RB Josh Hokit (COVID-19)
4. WR Jauan Jennings (Injured)
5. DB Jared Mayden (Injured)
6. T Dakoda Shepley
7. WR Kevin White (COVID-19)
8. LB Jonas Griffith
9. DT Josiah Coatney
10. QB Josh Johnson (COVID-19)
11. WR Shawn Poindexter (Injured)
12. DB Chris Edwards
13. TE Daniel Helm
14. DE Alex Barrett
15. DB Briean Boddy-Calhoun
16. DE Daeshon Hall
17. C Aaron Neary
18. G Isaiah Williams
19. TE Chase Harrell (COVID-19)
20. RB Tyler Gaffney
21. WR Jordan Matthews

Rosen, 23, is a former first-round pick of the Cardinals back in 2018. Arizona traded him to the Dolphins for a second-round pick after just a year during the 2019 NFL Draft. 

Rosen was entering the third year of his four-year, $17,664,284 contract and stands to make base salaries of $660,000 and $750,000 over the next two years of the agreement. The contract included a fifth-year option for the Dolphins to pick up in 2021.

Miami waived Rosen coming out of camp and he went unclaimed on waivers. He later signed on to the Buccaneers’ practice squad. 

In 2019, Rosen appeared in six games for the Dolphins and completed 53.2 percent of his passes for 567 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions.

Matthews, 28, is a former second-round pick of the Eagles back in 2014. The Eagles traded Matthews and a 2018 third-round pick to the Bills in return for CB Ronald Darby in August of 2017. 

Matthews played out the final year of his four-year, $4,949,269 contract before signing a one-year contract with Patriots worth up to $1.7 million. Unfortunately, the Patriots released Matthews during the preseason with an injury settlement and he then returned to the Eagles. 

From there, Matthews signed a one-year, $1.8 million deal with the 49ers in 2019. He returned to the Eagles for a brief period but has been on and off of the 49ers’ roster ever since.

In 2019, Matthews appeared in three games for the 49ers and Eagles and caught four passes for 33 yards receiving and no touchdowns.