ESPN's team of NFL reporters recently identified the biggest offseason surprises on each roster. For the San Francisco 49ers, that honor goes to one of their fourth-round draft picks.

JORDAN WATKINS: I think we put so much time and effort in the off-season. Even just bringing in guys like Walter Nolan and Princely and spending all that time with those guys in the off-season, to ...

Jordan Watkins has been balling from day one really. He's come in and he's done everything pretty right and he's been on point," 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy told reporters this month, ...

Mississippi Rebels wide receiver Jordan Watkins runs the 40-yard dash at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. Skip to main content. Advertising. Combine ...

Jaxson Dart, Jordan Watkins, No. 19 Ole Miss jolt Arkansas Jaxson Dart passed for 515 yards and six touchdowns and Jordan Watkins had a career receiving day, lifting No.19 Mississippi to a 63-31 ...

Senior Ole Miss wide receiver Jordan Watkins entered the 2024 season coming off of a career year in 2023, where he was both a starting receiver and punt returner. However, since the middle of ...

Jordan Watkins (11) hauled in six receptions for 111 yards in Ole Miss' dominating win over Mercer in Week 1. / Carleigh Harbin-The Grove Report.

The 49ers desperately need help in the trenches. But instead of using their first offensive draft pick on a lineman, they took wide receiver Jordan Watkins in Round 4.

— Jordan Watkins (@jordantwatkins) December 9, 2024. Watkins transferred to Ole Miss from Louisville prior to the 2022 season, and he has had an insanely productive career in a Rebel uniform.

The 49ers selected Watkins in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, 138th overall.. Watkins was overshadowed by bigger names in the wide receiver corps at Ole Miss throughout his time in college ...

For Jordan Watkins, his entire freshman season has been a surreal experience, but nothing was more eye-opening than Louisville’s season opener against Western Kentucky. Leaving the hotel ...