Art'S MOCK DRAFT

Art'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 15, 2026

Reality

  • Art DRAFTING FOR THE
    49ers
Draft Selections
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (SF)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (SF)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Keylan Rutledge Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (SF)
Keylan Rutledge
OG Georgia Tech
Draft Grade — 49ers
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The 49ers landed square in the muddy middle: C+.

The 49ers clearly saw something nobody else did in Dani Dennis-Sutton, taking him 24 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 2 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Gennings Dunker
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Dani Dennis-Sutton
Dani Dennis-Sutton in pick 58 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick92 Rnd3 Keylan Rutledge
Keylan Rutledge at the 92nd pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.