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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (SF)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (SF)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (SF)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (SF)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (SF)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (SF)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (SF)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (SF)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Kalel Mullings Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (SF)
Kalel Mullings
RB Michigan
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (SF)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (SF)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The 49ers let Mullings fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Kalel Mullings, slot 228, roughly 113 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
The board had Travis Hunter higher than pick No. 11, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick43 Rnd2 Will Campbell
They barely believed it either: Will Campbell still on the board at No. 43. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick75 Rnd3 Josh Simmons
Circle this one: Josh Simmons at the 75th pick is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick99 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in pick 99 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick112 Rnd4 Jack Bech
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Jack Bech in Round 4, Pick 11, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick138 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick139 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick189 Rnd6 Savion Williams
Savion Williams in slot 189 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick228 Rnd7 Kalel Mullings
You do not let a running back like Kalel Mullings reach the 228th overall pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick232 Rnd7 Jeffrey Bassa
Taking Jeffrey Bassa in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick255 Rnd7 Seth McLaughlin
Seth McLaughlin in No. 255 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.