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2024 DRAFTING FOR THE49ers
Draft Selections
Draft Picks Received
Players traded away
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall
C+
ValueA
NeedB
TradesF
FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the 49ers for Gadsden II: C+. The board owed the 49ers one, and it paid up: Oronde Gadsden II, the No. 142 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.
Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Quantity was the play, for better or worse.
Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.
Pick Analysis
Pick11
Rnd1
Ashton Jeanty
In the 11th pick they get a centerpiece for the ground game, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick43
Rnd2
Malaki Starks
The board fumbled Malaki Starks all the way to pick 43, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick75
Rnd3
Jihaad Campbell
You do not let a linebacker like Jihaad Campbell reach Round 3, Pick 11 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick90
Rnd3
Harold Fannin Jr.
Harold Fannin Jr. at the 90th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick99
Rnd3
Tez Johnson
The board had Tez Johnson higher than No. 99, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick100
Rnd3
Demetrius Knight Jr.
A linebacker of that caliber at pick No. 100 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick111
Rnd4
Denzel Burke
Steal is underselling it; Denzel Burke at slot 111 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick137
Rnd4
Barrett Carter
Barrett Carter in the Round 4 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
Pick185
Rnd6
Lathan Ransom
Lathan Ransom in Round 6, Pick 10 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick226
Rnd7
LeQuint Allen
Somehow LeQuint Allen was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick230
Rnd7
Oronde Gadsden II
They will replay Oronde Gadsden II at pick 230 for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick249
Rnd7
Ben Sauls
Taking Ben Sauls in the 249th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a specialist that good had no business lasting this long. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick255
Rnd7
James Burnip
They barely believed it either: James Burnip still on the board at the 255th pick. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.














