NFL mock draft 2026: Picks based on intel from coaches, scouts, agents (paywall)<\/a>
\u201cWith three safeties already off the board, it\u2019s a stretch to think the 49ers can address that need at this spot, so they grab the Tigers\u2019 big edge. The 6-6, 276-pound former five-star recruit with 34 3\/8-inch arms didn\u2019t have the production or the impact a lot of recruiting folks expected coming out of high school. He had only two sacks in 2025 after posting seven in 2024, his second season at Auburn. People at Auburn really like this guy, and he\u2019s an intriguing talent. At the combine, he displayed some impressive explosiveness in the testing, vertical jumping 35 inches and broad jumping 9-9, impressive for someone this big. At Auburn\u2019s pro day, he clocked a 4.67 40, also very impressive.<\/p>\n\u201cHe was really good when he wanted to be,\u201d said an SEC OC. \u201cHe\u2019s big and talented. He\u2019s very heavy-handed. When he comes off the ball and wants to go, he\u2019s hard to deal with. Not that twitchy but is more of a bull-rush, run-over-you kind of guy. I just never thought he played that hard. Same thing (in 2024). But there were a lot of things off with Auburn the past few years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIs receiver the most glaring need? That\u2019s debatable, but the fit felt right — and like something the 49ers would do.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the second round, Edholm projects the 49ers selecting former Kentucky offensive guard Jalen Farmer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I also LOVE Northwestern guard Evan Beernsten more than I like his tackle counterpart, Caleb Tiernan.<\/p>\n
Trey Zuhn II is going to be awesome at center or guard, but he might be a Day 2 guy.<\/p>\n
Dillon Wade from Auburn is a true Day 3-er who intrigues me.<\/p>\n
Woodgravy asks: Can we get a final what would each \u201cperson\u201d do at 27 based on consensus for the 49ers from each of you? 1) Dieter 2)Jake 3)Actual 49ers 4)Kyle 5)John 6)Raheem 7)Jed 8)Brock 9)Fred 10)Sean McVay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So listening to Shanahan on Monday was jarring. A reporter immediately asked a follow-up question, noting he never…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,52307,7,6,1161,252,1137,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-848988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-49ers-links","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-san-francisco","13":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers-news","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116334613488936193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}