Brant Boyer

Special Teams Coordinator, San Francisco 49ers (SF).

Quick Facts

• Role: Special Teams Coordinator
• Team: San Francisco 49ers (SF)
• NFL experience: 14 years
• Reports to: Kyle Shanahan (Head Coach)
• Coaching tree: see Coaching Trees

Background

Brant Boyer enters his 14th season as an NFL coach and his first as special teams coordinator for the 49ers. He joins the 49ers after spending the previous nine seasons as the special teams coordinator for the New York Jets.

During his Jets tenure (2016-24), Boyer led a special teams unit that ranked tied-for-second in total touchdowns (nine), second in blocked punts (eight) and tied-for-fifth in special teams points scored (63) and opponent kickoff return average (21.8). Under Boyer's guidance, two players (WR Braxton Berrios - 2021 & WR Andre Roberts - 2018) earned

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First-Team All-Pro honors as returners, while three players (CB Justin Hardee - 2023, Roberts - 2019 and K Jason Myers - 2019) made Pro Bowl appearances. In 2024, Boyer led a special teams unit that ranked fourth in yards per kickoff return (30.3) and seventh in opponent yards per kickoff return (26.1). Under Boyer's guidance, WR Xavier Gipson registered 266 total punt return yards and 489 kickoff return yards, ranking seventh and eighth, respectively, in the NFL.

Scheme & Fantasy Angle

Boyer's special teams units in New York produced multiple All-Pro and Pro Bowl return specialists, the unit most relevant to fantasy in return-yardage and kicker scoring formats.