2024'S MOCK DRAFT

mock draft

  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    49ers
Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (SF)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (SF)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (SF)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (SF)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (SF)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (SF)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (SF)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (SF)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (SF)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (SF)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (SF)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (SF)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (SF)
James Burnip
P Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (LAR)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (LAR)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
Head Shot
Deebo Samuel
WR
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.