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49ers Rumors: SF to Forfeit 5th-Round NFL Draft Pick in 2025 Due to Payroll Errors

Accounting errors will cost the San Francisco 49ers a fifth-round draft pick in 2025 and move one of their fourth-round picks this year back a few spots.

Per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, the 49ers are forfeiting their 2025 fifth-rounder after the NFL discovered "administrative payroll accounting errors" at the end of the 2022 league year resulting in a "misreporting of the club's cumulative player compensation."

Pelissero noted the league's evaluation determined the 49ers would have remained under the salary cap throughout the year and there was no intent to circumvent the cap.

In addition to forfeiting next year's fifth-rounder, the 49ers' fourth-round selection at No.