Burr'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • Burr DRAFTING FOR THE
    49ers
Draft Selections
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (SF)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (SF)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (SF)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (SF)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (SF)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (SF)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (SF)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Erick All
TE Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DAL)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Players Gained
Head Shot
Travis Frederick
C
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesD+ FutureA
Good, not great, for the 49ers: B-.

The 49ers bet big and early on Jaylen Wright, 58 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick63 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 31 with a little surplus value in Kingsley Suamataia. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick94 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
Gabriel Murphy in the 94th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick98 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter at pick No. 98 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick131 Rnd4 Mike Sainristil
No drama and no debate, Mike Sainristil went about where he belonged in No. 131. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick177 Rnd6 Josh Proctor
Josh Proctor in pick 177 is fair value, right on his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick209 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark slid further than he should have, and slot 209 is lovely value for the wide receiver. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick213 Rnd6 Tatum Bethune
A tidy little value on Tatum Bethune in the 213th pick, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
Pick215 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in pick 215 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick245 Rnd7 Erick All
Erick All at the 245th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick252 Rnd7 Jaylen Wright
They talked themselves into Jaylen Wright at No. 252, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.