Jauan Jennings landing spots: Could veteran WR reunite with 49ers after slow start in Minnesota?

With Jennings’ trade market reportedly set to heat up, these destinations would be ideal fits

This season could be the worst of Jauan Jennings' career if the wide receiver spends the rest of the year with the Minnesota Vikings. He has not clicked with his new team after he signed with them on a one-year, $8 million contract in free agency and is suddenly a trade candidate as the Vikings potentially seek to get anything they can in return for him before he departs at the end of the year. According to NFL Media/ESPN, Jennings' trade market is expected to heat up before the Nov. 10 deadline. Despite joining the Vikings on the heels of consecutive highly productive seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, Jennings started only two of the first five games of 2026 and missed another for personal reasons.

He has a mere two catches for 9 yards on five targets as an afterthought in the passing scheme. The hope when Jennings signed with Minnesota was that he could thrive as the second weapon behind Justin Jefferson or the third option behind him and Jordan Addison. Instead, the six-year veteran has been invisible. He struggled to get open in Weeks 1-5, and when he did, quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz mostly either missed him or did not throw his way in the first place. Jauan Jennings was pissed off he didn’t get