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The 49ers drafted their first safety since 2017. Hufanga was named the 2020 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, AP Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, as well as AP All-American First Team. He started all six games in 2020 and recorded a team-high 62 tackles, including 5.5 for losses of 33...

The San Francisco 49ers continued to beef up their secondary in the draft, this time, with the selection of Deommodore Lenoir with the No. 172 pick in the draft. Pac-12 coaches voted "Dede" honorable mention All-Pac-12 in 2019 after he posted 47 stops, 2.5 for loss, an interception and seven...

The 49ers 2021 NFL Draft class is now complete. Eight players taken over this three-day event will strengthen an already talented depth chart, providing quality to the offensive line, secondary and offensive backfield in particular. The group includes three defensive backs, two offensive...

Projected to be drafted in the fourth round, the San Francisco 49ers managed to land Western Michigan tackle Jaylon Moore with their first fifth-round pick of the day. Moore was a two-time Second-Team All-Mac selection. Starting 32 of 37 career games, Moore has allowed just seven sacks over...

The San Francisco 49ers continue to beef up their secondary in the draft, this time, with the selection of Deommodore Lenoir with the No. 172 pick in the draft. Pac-12 coaches voted "Dede" honorable mention All-Pac-12 in 2019 after he posted 47 stops, 2.5 for loss, an interception and seven...

In back-to-back picks, the San Francisco 49ers managed to bolster their defensive backfield after selecting safety Talanoa Hufanga with the No. 180 in the 2021 NFL Draft. Appearing in 24 games throughout his career at USC, Hufanga notched 203 tackles, including 16.5 for losses (with 6.5...

With San Francisco's final pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the 49ers selected running back Elijah Mitchell out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Mitchell was regarded as Louisiana's top running back in 2020. He appeared in 10 games last season (nine starts) and rushed 141 times for 878...

The NFL Draft is great theater for a few reasons. The first and most apparent is seeing the talent your favorite team (the 49ers, obviously) acquires on its mission to win the Super Bowl. The second, and most moving, is watching 259 consecutive dreams come true on live television. Reactions to...

49ers Select CB Ambry Thomas with the No. 102 Pick in the 2021 NFL Draft The San Francisco 49ers added depth to their cornerback room with the third-round selection. The 49ers drafted cornerback Ambry Thomas out of Michigan. Thomas opted out of the 2020 season, however, notched a impressive...

General manager John Lynch identified three qualities desired in a 49ers offensive lineman - easily attributed to Notre Dame and El Cerrito HS product Aaron Banks. "You always want someone who is big, someone who can move and someone who is a scheme fit," Lynch said Friday night. "In this...

The San Francisco 49ers announced on Saturday they have exercised the fifth-year contract option on T Mike McGlinchey for the 2022 season. The 49ers originally selected McGlinchey (6-8, 310) in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. McGlinchey has started in all 44 games he has...

*Well, let's start with the first guy, OL Aaron Banks. He's bigger, 330 pounds, than what we normally think of when we think of a 49ers offensive lineman. What drew you to him and what about that size? Does he move that size well? *General Manager John Lynch: "I think obviously you always want...

The San Francisco 49ers traded back five spots with the Las Vegas Raiders from their original No. 43 overall pick and acquired Nos. 48 and 121. With the trade, the 49ers managed to beef up their offensive line with guard Aaron Banks out of Notre Dame. Banks earned a spot on the first-team...

The San Francisco 49ers knew what they wanted and traded up in the draft to get him. With the 88th-overall pick, the 49ers landed Ohio State running back Trey Sermon. Sermon spent his first three seasons at Oklahoma and registered 2,076 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns. He transferred to Ohio...

The San Francisco 49ers added depth to their cornerback room with the third-round selection. The 49ers drafted cornerback Ambry Thomas out of Michigan. Thomas opted out of the 2020 season, however, notched a impressive 2019 campaign. As a junior in 2019, Thomas started all 13 games and...

Trey Lance flew from Cleveland to the Bay Area on Friday morning, meeting the 49ers brass in person for the first time as a member of the team. It was a big moment for the No. 3 overall NFL Draft pick, one made just a little bit easier knowing he had an ally in the quarterback room...

General manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan got the quarterback they wanted. Trey Lance is now a 49er. That major moment in franchise history became official Thursday night when the NFL Draft's third-overall pick went in. Although Lance will forever be the focus of this 2021 NFL...

Bleacher Report: A "Trey Lance is simultaneously the draft class' biggest enigma and its most polished quarterback prospect. "From an evaluation standpoint, Lance is only 20 years old with one full year of starting experience. He attempted 318 passes. For comparison, Alabama's Mac Jones is...

Despues de semanas de anticipación, finalmente sabemos a quien los 49ers tenían en la mira para obtener en la tercera posición de la primera ronda del 2021 NFL Draft esta jueves. Los 49ers con esa selección, si recordamos previamente este fue un cambio para subir nueve posiciones en el Draft...

Todd McShay, ESPN: "Did the San Francisco 49ers get it right at No. 3? Yes, they did. I give a lot of credit to Niners coach Kyle Shanahan. For more than a month, we've been hearing how Jones was the team's preference, but San Francisco did its due diligence with all of the QBs, including Jones...