The San Francisco 49ers made multiple moves on Wednesday, officially signing punter Thomas Morstead and linebacker Thomas Morstead while releasing longtime punter Mitch Wishnowsky.

Morstead, 39, had been the Jets punter for the past two seasons, leading the league in punts and punt yards back in 2023. He’s now slated to be San Francisco’s punter, as the 49ers released Mitch Wishnowsky, whom they drafted in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Wishnowsky was in the third year of a four-year, $11.2 million extension that he signed back in 2022 and was slated to have a cap hit of $2.246 million in 2025. The 49ers will incur a $1.98 million dead cap hit by releasing the punter.

The 49ers punter really struggled in 2024 while dealing with a nagging back injury, limiting him to just nine games. His net yards per punt was only 36.4 yards, the lowest of any punter in the NFL last year.

Wishnowsky’s release is the latest special-teams move the 49ers have made since hiring former Jets assistant Brant Boyer as their special-teams coordinator. Earlier this offseason, San Francisco released longtime long snapper Taybor Pepper and signed former Houston Texans long snapper Jon Weeks to a one-year.

Weeks is also 39 and will now form a tandem with Morstead as the new punter. The move also comes on the heels of San Francisco signing veteran kicker Greg Joseph to compete with Jake Moody this offseason. Joseph had a brief stint with the Jets this past season, playing in one game and making his lone field goal.

San Francisco also signed another former Jets player: linebacker Chazz Surratt.

Surratt, a third-round pick by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2021 NFL Draft, spent the last three seasons with the New York Jets playing for Robert Saleh, who returned to the 49ers this offseason as their defensive coordinator.

Surratt played in all 17 games last year, starting five, while being a key special-teams player for New York. Although he only saw 12 percent of the defensive snaps, Surratt played in 63 percent of the special-teams snaps, similar to how he did for the Jets in 2023.

After playing nine games in his rookie season, Surratt was waived by the Vikings and joined the Jets practice squad. He saw just one game of action in 2022 before playing in 31 games for New York over the past two seasons.

To make room for Surratt, the 49ers released linebacker DaShaun White. White was an undrafted free agent in 2024 and played in just one game for San Francisco last season.

The 49ers have looked to thoroughly improve their special teams unit this offseason, first with a coaching change and now with player acquisitions. They’ve added quite a bit of familiarity for Boyer, signing a notable long snapper, his punter for the past two seasons, a kicker who played for New York, and now a linebacker known for special teams.