The 49ers wound up picking eight times in the 2024 NFL draft, and their selections helped solidify the idea that they’d pursue both immediate and long-term help for their roster.
Most of their picks fall in a similar bucket where they could certainly contribute right away, but it’s easier to see paths to playing time down the road. We issued grades for all of the picks, which we’ll get to momentarily, but it’s important to note these grades have more to do with the general philosophy of the pick and how a player at a given position fits with the roster. Of course, it comes with some projection. That’s part of the whole draft process. However, we’re neither propping up the players as successes nor condemning them as failures based on our grades.
Let’s dive in: