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USAT: Niners Wire

Feb 4, 2022

The 49ers’ 2021 draft class will ultimately be remembered by the success of No. 3 overall pick Trey Lance. However, for both the short and long term San Francisco needs another pick or two to emerge from last year’s draft class as a starting-caliber player. - Early returns on the 2021 group were mixed, especially with Lance seeing limited playing time. It’s important to highlight “early” there since one year doesn’t make or break a draft pick. Since we can’t accurately project how good or bad a selection was until they’ve had a few years in the league, we went through and issued grades for this year’s class based just on their performance this season.

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