# 49ers welcome back DeForest Buckner with generous offer from new teammate

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/49ers-welcome-back-deforest-buckner-with-generous-offer-from-new-teammate/
- Published: 2026-11-03T19:43:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T10:10:22+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/sports/49ers-deforest-buckner-jersey-cj-west/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- CJ West gave Buckner his No. 99 jersey.
- Buckner returns to the 49ers after six seasons with Indianapolis.
- San Francisco traded a fourth-round pick for him.

## Summary

The San Francisco 49ers have welcomed back DeForest Buckner, who will reclaim his familiar No. 99 jersey after new teammate CJ West offered it to him for free. The gesture means Buckner can return to the number he has worn throughout his NFL career.

West was assigned No. 99 after being drafted in the fourth round in 2025, but went on injured reserve in Week 2 with bone chips in his knee; the roster now lists him as No. 90. Buckner, drafted by San Francisco in 2016, spent six seasons with the Colts before requesting a trade back to the 49ers, who acquired him for a fourth-round pick amid Indianapolis’s 2-6 start.

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