49ers Sign Former 6-foot-7 Cowboys Blocker
While the San Francisco 49ers signed a tall offensive lineman before the NFC Championship Game, he won’t play until next season.
That’s former Dallas Cowboys 6-foot-7, 320-pound offensive lineman Isaac Alarcon, who signed a reserve/future contract with the 49ers on Tuesday. Alarcon spent time on the Cowboys practice squad during the four years since he joined the team in 2020.
Dallas obtained Alarcon, a Mexico native, via the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program in 2020. Alarcon never moved up from the practice squad to the active roster, and he tried a position change to defensive tackle in 2023 before the season.
The Cowboys waived Alarcon during the final roster cuts in August 2023, and he never found his way onto another team’s practice squad. Alarcon previously played college football in Mexico at Monterrey Institute of Technology.
49ers’ Alfredo Gutierrez is ‘Close Friends’ With Isaac Alarcon
Alarcon has one familiar face with 49ers — offensive tackle Alfredo Gutierrez. They played together at ITESM and won a Mexican national title in 2019, and Gutierrez also joined the NFL and the 49ers through the IPPP.
“We are really close friends,” Gutierrez said via The Athletic’s David Lombardi. “We keep in touch a lot.”
Gutierrez has seen preseason action, but he has yet to play in a regular season game amid his practice squad designation. The 49ers have had Gutierrez on the practice squad since 2021.
San Francisco has some serious height in Gutierrez, too. He stands at 6-foot-9 and weighs 332 pounds.
Isaac Alarcon ‘Has Tremendous Physical Tools’
While only a few IPP players cracked active rosters in 2023, Alacron offers unique athletic skills that could lead to his turn down the road.
“Isaac has tremendous physical tools and is a quick learner,” pro lineman coach Duke Manyweather said about Alacron via A to Z Sports Dallas in 2021.
