{"id":851256,"date":"2026-04-03T13:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/851256\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:43:19","slug":"1-perfect-wide-receiver-for-the-49ers-in-every-round-of-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/851256\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Perfect Wide Receiver for the 49ers in Every Round of the NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">The San Francisco 49ers are likely to take a wide receiver at some point in the 2026 NFL draft. While John Lynch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/49ers\/onsi\/news\/why-wide-receiver-not-round-1-priority-for-san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said that he did not think the team would draft a wide receiver<\/a> early, they are liable to take one at any point in the draft. So, if there were a perfect prospect for them to take at every spot in their current draft order, who are the players that the 49ers should root for?<\/p>\n<p>Round 1, Pick 27 overallOmar Cooper Jr, Indiana<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">There is a debate about whether Cooper is the best prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/49ers\/onsi\/news\/ranking-3-first-round-wide-receiver-prospects-linked-to-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">between himself, Denzel Boston, and KC Concepcion<\/a>. However, of the three of them, it is clear that he fits the 49ers&#8217; offensive system the best. The question is whether he falls to 27. The question will be if one of Concepcion, Boston and Cooper is there, will they really do what Lynch says and pass that up?<\/p>\n<p>Round 2, Pick 58 overallGermie Bernard, Alabama<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Alabama used Bernard in a variety of ways to get the ball in his hands. He even got handed the ball and threw passes. That, plus short area separation, is why the 49ers would be interested at this spot. He does not have great speed and is not the biggest receiver, so he should be taken in this range.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01kn5pan0e336aj68z4w.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco 49er\" title=\"San Francisco 49er\" width=\"4465\" height=\"2511\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7b\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Round 4, Pick 127 overallBrennan Thompson, Mississippi State<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7l\">Thompson is tiny, and taking him earlier is hard to justify. However, he can also fly and make plays down the field, which every team needs. So, the 49ers should hope he falls into round four.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Round 4, pick 133 overallJosh Cameron, Baylor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">Cameron has the Jauan Jennings starter kit. He is big, physical, tough, contested catches and yards after the catch. He is lacking some nuance, but that is why the 49ers would get him in round four.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Round 4, pick 138 overall Kevin Coleman\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"83\">Coleman is a pure slot, but he runs crisp routes and finds ways to create separation. He can work well enough with the ball in his hands. He is physically limited, but San Francisco needs a slot only option.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Round 4, pick 139 overallDe\u2019Zhaun Stribling, Ole Miss<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8c\">Stribling has enough size and great speed for a field stretcher. He is a bit limited to running vertical routes, but he can make enough catches in the air that big plays can come with this player.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers are likely to take a wide receiver at some point in the 2026 NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,6,1161,252,2624,2623],"class_list":{"0":"post-851256","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-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","13":"tag-sanfrancisco","14":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116341076301280655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851256","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=851256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}