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Draft Selections
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (SF)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (SF)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (SF)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (SF)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (SF)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (SF)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (SF)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The 49ers let Rice fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Brenden Rice had no business being available in the 125th pick, and the 49ers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Every board in the league had Henderson lower, and that gap is the story. The Smith pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with tight end and edge rusher still on the board. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan in slot 31 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick63 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat slipping to Round 2, Pick 31 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick94 Rnd3 Javon Baker
A straight-up fair deal on Javon Baker at pick No. 94, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick98 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Of all the spots to shop, they chose DT-EDGE. Maason Smith in No. 98 leaves tight end and edge rusher for later.
Pick125 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
They robbed the room for Brenden Rice here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick132 Rnd4 Kalen King
No edge and no loss on Kalen King in the 132nd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick176 Rnd6 Jordan Travis
Taking Jordan Travis in the 176th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
Fair-plus on Drake Nugent, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick214 Rnd6 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson at No. 214 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick215 Rnd6 Kimani Vidal
They reached into another round for Kimani Vidal, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick249 Rnd7 Tatum Bethune
Tatum Bethune at the 249th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.