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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (SF)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (SF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (SF)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Andru Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (SF)
Andru Phillips
CB Kentucky
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (SF)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (SF)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Maurice Smith Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (SF)
Maurice Smith
C Florida State
Donell Harris Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (SF)
Donell Harris Jr.
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Draft Picks Received
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NO)
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Players Gained
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Demario Davis
LB
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Mitch Morse
C
Players traded away
Head Shot
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall D
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureA-
The phones sank the 49ers this weekend: D.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Frank Gore Jr. at No. 132 is 43 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Put together, it is a D.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Ford pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In slot 28 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick31 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In pick 31 they get an island corner at fair value. More want than need.
Pick63 Rnd2 Brenden Rice
They paid sticker price for Brenden Rice in the 63rd pick, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick94 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in Round 3, Pick 31 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick98 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
They took Blake Fisher at par in pick No. 98, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick129 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
A premium they did not need to pay, Luke McCaffrey a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. in pick 132 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick176 Rnd6 Andru Phillips
Andru Phillips at the Round 6 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick209 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at Round 6, Pick 34 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick214 Rnd6 Trevor Keegan
They talked themselves into Trevor Keegan at the 214th pick, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick215 Rnd6 Maurice Smith
Maurice Smith at the 215th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick249 Rnd7 Donell Harris Jr.
They reached into another round for Donell Harris Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.