| Date | News |
| 12/28/25 | Fantasy TE Rankings: Updated Week 17 Start/Sit Advice for Tyler Warren, Jake Tonges, Theo Johnson, and Others. Take a look at our Week 17 consensus TE fantasy rankings to help with your lineup choices, including start-sit recommendations, waiver wire targets, and trade opportunities. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fantasy-footbal... |
| 11/09/25 | Jake Tonges Fantasy Hub: Week 10 Injury Update, Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em Advice, Points Projection, and Weather Impact. Here's this week's fantasy football outlook for Jake Tonges, including injury updates, start-sit advice, points projection, and weather impact. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fantasy-footbal... |
| 10/02/25 | Jake Tonges Fantasy Hub: Week 5 Injury Update, Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em Advice, Points Projection, and Weather Impact. Here's this week's fantasy football outlook for Jake Tonges, including injury updates, start-sit advice, points projection, and weather impact. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fantasy-footbal... |
| 9/14/25 | Week 2 Fantasy Tight End Rankings: Top Streamers Include Jake Tonges and Brenton Strange. Your fantasy football league is sleeping on these TEs. A rookie, a new starter, & an injury fill-in are set to break out. Add them from waivers now! Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fantasy-footbal... |
| 9/10/25 | Week 2 Fantasy Tight End Rankings: Top Streamers Include Jake Tonges and Brenton Strange. Your fantasy football league is sleeping on these TEs. A rookie, a new starter, & an injury fill-in are set to break out. Add them from waivers now! Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/fantasy-footbal... |
| 9/08/25 | 3 stars from Week 1: The 49ers benefit from an unexpected hero. Jake Tonges stole the show at the end, but Ricky Pearsall was the driving force for the rest of the game for the 49ers. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/3-stars-week-1-49... |
| 9/07/25 | 49ers third-stringer, Los Gatos native an unlikely hero in win over Seahawks: 'A dream come true'. San Francisco 49ers third-string tight end Jake Tonges didn't have a catch and was targeted only once through the first 20 games – and three years — of his NFL career. Tonges, who grew up a short drive from Levi's Stadium as a Los Gatos native, caught three passes, including one for a touchdown with 1:34 remaining in the fourth quarter, to help the 49ers rally for a 17-13 season-opening win over the Seahawks at Lumen Field. “I'm pretty excited,” Tonges told the 49ers Radio Network after the game. Source: https://www.chicoer.com/2025/09/07/jake-tonges-san... |
| 8/17/25 | Five San Francisco 49ers firmly on the roster bubble. The San Francisco 49ers have one more game before they have to cut the roster down from 90 to 53. The majority of the seats at the table are accounted for, but there are always a few spots at the end of the roster that are decided over the final couple of weeks. Which 49ers players on firmly on the roster bubble heading into the final week of preseason practice? August 18, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers tight end Jake Tonges (88) is tackled by New Orleans Saints cornerback Rico Payton (36) during the fourth quarter at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Jake Tonges Tonges has been a pleasant addition over the last two Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/news/five-san-francis... |
| 7/19/25 | Ranking undrafted dreamers' chances at Chicago Bears camp. The Bears welcome 19 rookies to Halas Hall for the start of training camp on Saturday with high hopes some will eventually fill major roles on either side of the ball. The list includes all eight draft picks but also 11 who went undrafted and signed in days just after the draft. Jack Sanborn, Jaylon Jones and Jake Tonges made it onto the initial 53-man roster in Matt Eberflus' first season. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/ranking-undrafted-dre... |
| 4/18/25 | 49ers sign exclusive rights free agents Pleasants, Tonges. The 49ers signed two exclusive rights free agents Thursday to one-year contracts — tackle Austen Pleasants and tight end Jake Tonges. Pleasants, 27, was signed late last season when it became clear left tackle Trent Williams would not return. Other tackles currently on the roster are Williams, right tackle Colton McKivitz, Jalen McKenzie, Sebastian Gutierrez and Isaac Alarcon. Source: https://www.marinij.com/2025/04/17/49ers-sign-excl... |
| 4/17/25 | 49ers sign veterans Tonges, Pleasants to one-year contracts. Two exclusive-rights free agents on Thursday formally signed their one-year contract tenders with the 49ers. Offensive lineman Austen Pleasants, a candidate to compete for the team's backup tackle positions, and tight end Jake Tonges finalized their one-year contracts. As players with fewer than three accrued NFL seasons, Pleasants and Tonges were not eligible to negotiate with teams other than the 49ers. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/san-francisco... |
| 8/24/24 | Ex-Cal TE Jake Tonges Makes Strong Bid to Make 49ers' Roster. The San Francisco 49ers took a serious look at former Cal tight end Jake Tonges in Friday's preseason game, and he did everything he could to make the regular-season roster. It seems Tonges has a decent chance of making the final 53-man squad after the final cuts are made this Tuesday. Tonges played in the first half Friday and even played when starting quarterback Brock Purdy was in the game, and Tonges produced some attractive numbers in the 49ers' 24-24 tie with the Raiders. Source: https://www.si.com/college/cal/football/ex-cal-te-... |
| 8/18/24 | Ex-Cal TE Jake Tonges Makes an Impression with 49ers. The San Francisco 49ers have directed six passes in Jake Tonges' direction in their first two preseason games, and Tonges made receptions on all six. Tonges, a former Cal tight end, made three catches in three targets for 22 receiving yards in the 49ers' 16-10 preseason victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday evening in Santa Clara, California. Last week, Tonges had three receptions for 27 yards on three targets in the 49ers' 17-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans. Source: https://www.si.com/college/cal/football/ex-cal-te-... |
| 9/27/23 | 49ers Sign Three Players to the Team's Practice Squad. The San Francisco 49ers announced they have signed S Tre Norwood, CB Kendall Sheffield and TE Jake Tonges to the team's practice squad and released RB Jeremy McNichols. Throughout his two-year NFL career with the Steelers, he has appeared in 32 games (six starts) and registered 55 tackles, four passes defensed and one interception. Source: https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-three-player... |
| 8/08/23 | Chicago Bears waive Lake Forest native Andre Szmyt; sign Skokie native Barrington Ward. The Bears waived kicker Andre Szmyt, a Lake Forest native, on Tuesday. The team previously signed Szmyt as an undrafted rookie following the NFL draft in April. The Bears also waived injured tight end Jake Tonges, who had been with the team over the past year. Source: https://www.shawlocal.com/bears/2023/08/08/chicago... |