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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (SF)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (SF)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (SF)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (SF)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (SF)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (SF)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (SF)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (SF)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (SF)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (SF)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (SF)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (SF)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (SF)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (BAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (BAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (BAL)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall B
ValueA+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the 49ers for Sanders: B.

Call it larceny. T.J. Sanders sat on the board until pick 254, and the 49ers did not need to be asked twice.

The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The 49ers indulged a want in Barron while a need in running back and tight end stayed open.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In pick No. 11 they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick43 Rnd2 Kelvin Banks Jr.
They robbed the room for Kelvin Banks Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick75 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
They barely believed it either: Walter Nolen still on the board at No. 75. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick100 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
The board fumbled Wyatt Milum all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick135 Rnd4 Jahdae Barron
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jahdae Barron at cornerback with running back and tight end open.
Pick137 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
You do not let a linebacker like Jalon Walker reach slot 137 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick174 Rnd5 Cam Ward
Circle this one: Cam Ward at the 174th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick186 Rnd6 Dylan Fairchild
Somehow Dylan Fairchild was still sitting there in pick 186, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick226 Rnd7 Kyle Kennard
Kyle Kennard at No. 226 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick230 Rnd7 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore in the 230th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick249 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
They will replay Xavier Restrepo at slot 249 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick254 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders at the 254th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.