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The 49ers moved up in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft to pick future hall of fame wide receiver Jerry Rice with the 16th overall pick. While playing for the 49ers, Rice was a 10-time first-team All-Pro, two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987 and 1993), and broke numerous NFL receiving records. The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a ...
The first draft the 49ers participated in was the 1950 NFL draft, ... Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1: 11: 11: ... San Francisco 49ers draft history.
Thomas was drafted third overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2017 NFL Draft. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He became the third consecutive defensive end drafted in the first round by the 49ers, joining Arik Armstead ( 2015 ) and DeForest Buckner ( 2016 ).
Last year, draft experts generally viewed wide receiver Xavier Worthy as a borderline first-round draft pick entering the offseason. ... 4.22 seconds (2017) Kalon Barnes, CB: 4.23 seconds (2022)
The 2017 NFL draft was the 82nd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players. It was held in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art [ 1 ] on April 27–29, returning to Philadelphia for the first time since 1961 .
USC has the most first overall picks with 6. Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Georgia are tied for second-most first overall picks with 5 each. Only two schools have had first overall picks in consecutive years: USC, with Ron Yary (1968) and O. J. Simpson (1969), and Oklahoma, with Baker Mayfield (2018) and Kyler Murray (2019). [162]
The 2017 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 68th in the National Football League (NFL), their 72nd overall, their fourth playing their home games at Levi's Stadium and their first under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch.
On draft day, the 49ers traded its first two picks for New England's first-round choice, the 16th selection overall (the teams also swapped third-round picks as part of the deal), and selected Jerry Rice from Mississippi Valley State. It was reported that the Dallas Cowboys, who had the 17th selection overall, were intending to pick him.