Safety Malik Mustapha, activated from the physically unable to perform list, will make his 2025 debut today against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A promising member of the 49ers’ 2024 rookie class, Mustapha (5-foot-10, 205 pounds) brings some depth and an enforcer’s mentality to a position that has relied almost solely on veteran Jason Pinnock and rookie fifth-round pick Marques Sigle as the last line of defense.

Early indications are the 49ers are planning on elevating Ji’Ayir Brown as a starter ahead of Pinnock at one safety spot along with Sigle and using Mustapha on a limited snap count.

“I don’t know how the rotation is going to work out, but I’m very eager to play with him,” Sigle said this week. “We’re kind of the same on run fits. We’re shooting our guns. He brings a different IQ, a

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