WATCH: Former Michigan State long-snapper Taybor Pepper announces he's re-signing with 49ers in hilarious video
Former Michigan State long snapper Taybor Pepper appears to have found a long-term NFL home with the San Francisco 49ers. An impressive feat for an undrafted player who had been on the roster or practice squad for four different teams prior to joining the 49ers.
Since he was signed by San Francisco in 2020, Pepper has slotted in comfortably as the long snapper. Now, the 49ers are paying it off with a three-year deal for the key special teamer. Pepper gets $1.5 million guaranteed at signing, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
And Pepper announced his return to the Bay area with likely the first ever long snapper re-signing video.
It’s a good bit of fake out editing, with the first half of the video setting up, seemingly, an announcement that Pepper is departing. But instead, he pulls from a very meme-able scene from “The Wolf of Wall Street,” where Leonardo DiCaprio (as Jordan Belfort) announces — to his employees surprise — that he isn’t stepping down.
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And Pepper isn’t leaving San Francisco any time soon, either.
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The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.
In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.
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