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Jauan Jennings wants a contract extension or a trade, but even if neither happens by next week, the 49ers wide receiver is expected to report to training camp, Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com reports.

Jennings is scheduled to make $7.5 million this season in the final year of a two-year extension he signed in 2024 as the team's No. 3 receiver behind Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel. Jennings, though, led the 49ers' receivers with a career-high 77 catches, 975 yards and six touchdowns.

Samuel now is with the Commanders, and Samuel is working his way back from an ACL and MCL tear in his knee last October. Demarcus Robinson, a free agent signee, faces a potential three-game suspension after pleading no contest last week to a misdemeanor DUI charge.

Ricky Pearsall, a first-round pick in 2024, Jacob Cowing and rookie Jordan Watkins are other receivers on the roster.

Aiyuk didn't hold out of camp last year as he sought a new contract, but instead held in, not participating in practice. He signed a four-year, $120 million extension, with $76 million in guarantees, on Aug. 29.

The 49ers signed several key players to new deals this offseason.

But as the start of training camp draws closer, the club has an issue with one of its key receivers.

Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Jauan Jennings would like a new contract or to be traded.

Jennings, 28, has played his whole career with the 49ers since the club selected him in the seventh round of the 2020 draft. He signed a two-year, $15.4 million deal with the club in March 2024. But after leading the team’s wideouts with 77 catches, 975 yards, and six touchdowns last season, he’s now set to make just $7.5 million in 2025.

With Brandon Aiyuk still recovering from a torn ACL and MCL, Jennings is likely a key figure in San Francisco’s offensive plans in the coming season. We’ll see if the two sides can get something worked out, and if Jennings shows when San Francisco veterans are slated to report next Tuesday.

In 60 career games with 17 starts, Jennings has caught 155 passes for 1,938 yards with 13 touchdowns.

Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland hosted his first football camp for kids last week, but his participation remained limited because of his right shoulder.

Loveland spent most of the offseason program as an observer after having surgery to repair the AC joint in his shoulder and he was throwing the football with his left hand while helping out at his camp. The first-round pick will be reporting to training camp at the end of this week and he said that is when he'll have a full sense of how well his recovery has gone.

"It’s been good. There haven’t really been live bullets flying yet,” Loveland said, via Aaron McMann of MLive.com. “We’ll really know in camp once I get out there, doing a lot more stuff.”

The Bears drafted Loveland after using free agency to buttress their offensive line and all of the moves are designed to give quarterback Caleb Williams a leg up in his second NFL season. Full health across the board will be a plus to that bid, so the Bears will be hoping to see Loveland doing everything on the practice field.