Zane Gonzalez

Zane Gonzalez (calf) has been placed on season-ending injured reserve.

Fantasy Impact

Gonzalez is dealing with a calf injury of some kind that will force him to go on the injured reserve list, ending his season. This presumably means that rookie Jake Moody has won the kicking job for the 49ers, but he's also dealing with an injury and his status for Week 1 is still up in the air.

The San Francisco 49ers ruled out K Zane Gonzalez with a calf injury during Friday night's preseason closer.

Fantasy Impact

Gonzalez got the start for the 49ers because rookie Jake Moody sat out with a quad injury. After Gonzalez left with his injury, punter Mitch Wishnowsky took over temporarily as the team's kicker, missing his lone extra-point attempt. The 49ers have to make a choice in their kicker battle by Tuesday's deadline, and the pair of injuries could complicate that matter further. Gonzalez was traded to the 49ers this offseason for a conditional seventh-round pick swap.

According to his agent, K Zane Gonzalez was traded from the Carolina Panthers to the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday. The teams swapped future draft picks in 2025.

Fantasy Impact

Gonzalez enters his sixth season in the NFL after being one of the most successful college kickers ever. The trade is also likely an indication that the 49ers will not be bringing back K Robbie Gould who is 40 years old and currently a free agent after six seasons with the team. Gonzalez has a career field goal percentage of 80.5% but nailed 90.9% of his kicks in 2022 in Carolina.

The Panthers placed Zane Gonzalez on season ending IR Tuesday with a groin injury.

Fantasy Impact

Gonzalez suffered the injury during the Panthers’ third preseason game and was expected to miss an extended period of time. Now that he will miss the entire 2022 season, the Panthers will need to find a new kicker.

Zane Gonzalez suffered a significant groin injury during Carolina's third preseason game and is expected to miss an extended amount of time.

Fantasy Impact

Panthers coach Matt Rhule gave an update Saturday morning stating that the 27-year-old kicker will see a specialist to determine the next steps. Carolina will begin trying out replacements for him before the start of the season on September 11. ECR had Gonzalez ranked at No. 30 for kickers, so fantasy managers can look elsewhere for better options no matter who Carolina brings in.