While eight teams are still alive in the NFL postseason, the San Francisco 49ers’ offseason is already in full swing. With no playoff appearance on the docket for the first time in three years, the 49ers will get a jumpstart in preparing for the 2025 edition of the NFL draft.
With draft season underway and a flurry of mock drafts predicting what the 49ers will do in April, Pro Football Focus recently released their “Team Needs Tracker” for each team in the NFL. When it came to the 49ers, PFF listed guard, offensive tackle, interior defensive line and edge rusher as team needs.
PFF also listed a potential option for the 49ers in the 2025 draft. Texas star offensive tackle Kelvin Banks was penned to the 49ers by PFF.
Via PFF:
A down season sees the 49ers with a top-15 selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, and that would give them the opportunity to bolster their offensive line. Banks was elite as a pass blocker in 2024, allowing just four total pressures on 143 true pass sets.
Read the full list of team needs via PFF here.
The 6-foot-4 offensive tackle earned an 86 overall grade in 15 games for the Longhorns in 2024. Banks allowed only one sack in 935 snaps in his final season in Austin.
In 2024, Banks won the Outland Trophy for the best interior lineman in the college football along with winning the Lombardi Trophy for best offensive lineman in the country. Banks was a unanimous All-American and named to the All-SEC first team.
The 49ers are set to hit the clock at No. 11 in the first round of the NFL Draft in April. The first round is set for April 24 in Green Bay.
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