San Francisco 49ers Weekly Touches & Role Shifts (2025)
Every San Francisco 49ers skill player's touches, week by week, for all of 2025 — with scoring-territory touches (inside the opponent's 50) beside each number. The season's biggest role shift: George Kittle took over in week 10 and Christian McCaffrey's workload never recovered.
Touches by week (targets + carries · |inside-50 touches)
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Christian McCaffrey RB | 32|18 | 20|8 | 32|20 | 28|15 | 31|13 | 25|14 | 32|17 | 14|5 | 34|20 | 22|12 | 19|15 | 31|14 | 24|19 | — | 23|18 | 29|22 | 29|16 | 15|5 |
| Brian Robinson RB | 11|8 | 7|3 | 2|1 | 5|4 | 5|4 | 3|2 | 9|7 | 0|0 | 5|4 | 9|9 | 9|5 | 9|7 | 8|4 | — | 9|7 | 6|6 | 5|5 | 2|1 |
| Jauan Jennings WR | 5|4 | 10|5 | — | 4|4 | — | 3|1 | 7|5 | 7|3 | 5|3 | 9|5 | 6|3 | 7|5 | 6|3 | — | 5|4 | 6|3 | 4|3 | 6|3 |
| George Kittle TE | 4|2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2|1 | 5|2 | 5|2 | 9|4 | 6|6 | 10|4 | 5|3 | — | 9|6 | 8|5 | — | 7|1 |
| Ricky Pearsall WR | 7|3 | 7|2 | 11|7 | 5|2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2|1 | 5|2 | 3|1 | — | 7|1 | — | 8|3 | — |
| Kendrick Bourne WR | — | 3|2 | 6|3 | 4|2 | 11|5 | 9|5 | 2|1 | 4|2 | 2|1 | 1|1 | — | — | 1|0 | — | 3|1 | 5|3 | 1|0 | 1|0 |
| Jake Tonges TE | 3|3 | 5|3 | 3|2 | 5|2 | 11|7 | 7|3 | — | 1|1 | — | — | 0|0 | — | — | — | — | 2|2 | 9|3 | — |
Amber cells = 18+ touch weeks. — = did not play. Inside-50 =
touches in opponent territory, where game plans concentrate.
Detected role shifts
- George Kittle rose from 4.0 to 7.7 touches/game starting week 10 — and Christian McCaffrey fell from 27.6 to 24.0 over the same stretch.
A shift is flagged when one player gained 3+ touches/game and a teammate lost 3+ across the same split week — descriptive, not causal: injuries, trades and game script all move touches.
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