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Draft Selections
Caleb Lomu Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (SF)
Caleb Lomu
OT Utah
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (SF)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (SF)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (SF)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (SF)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Eugene Wilson III Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (SF)
Eugene Wilson III
WR Florida
Ar'maj Reed-Adams Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 4 (SF)
Ar'maj Reed-Adams
OG Texas A&M
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The 49ers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jake Slaughter had no business being available in No. 54, and the 49ers did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

Every board in the league had Capehart lower, and that gap is the story. That running back hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Caleb Lomu
In pick No. 23 they get an anchor for the offensive line, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick54 Rnd2 Jake Slaughter
Circle this one: Jake Slaughter at pick 54 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick85 Rnd3 Caleb Tiernan
No drama and no debate, Caleb Tiernan went about where he belonged in No. 85. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick123 Rnd4 Jaishawn Barham
A straight-up fair deal on Jaishawn Barham at pick No. 123, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick135 Rnd4 DeMonte Capehart
A wild overpay on DeMonte Capehart in the Round 4 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick139 Rnd4 Eugene Wilson III
Eugene Wilson III at pick 139 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick140 Rnd4 Ar'maj Reed-Adams
A reach on Ar'maj Reed-Adams in the 140th pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.