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49ers start free-agent period by signing linebacker, the ‘heart and soul’ of another team

This post will updated throughout Monday.

The 49ers have Reuben Foster’s replacement at inside linebacker.

San Francisco on Monday agreed to a four-year, $54 million contract with Tampa Bay Buccaneers free agent Kwon Alexander, who is coming off a torn ACL suffered in October. Terms of the contract were first reported by NFL Media.

Alexander, 24, has 380 tackles in his 46 games with Tampa Bay (all starts) after being drafted in the fourth round in 2015 out of LSU. He suffered the knee injury Oct. 21 against the Cleveland Browns.