The NFL won’t be doing a supplemental draft in 2024 according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This is a truly devastating development.
Without the supplemental draft it will be nigh impossible to discuss whether teams did or did not use a supplemental draft pick. Additionally, we won’t be able to dive into the supplemental draft prospects and determine whether the 49ers will or will not use a pick on that player.
Never mind that only 46 players have been selected via supplemental draft since 1977. And never mind that no players have been selected via supplemental draft since 2019.
San Francisco has twice used supplemental draft picks, including once in 1978 to pick up USC running back Rod Connors with a Round 12 (!) pick. They also used a Round 8 selection in 1985 to add Florida State RB Roosevelt Snipes. They haven’t used a supplemental pick in the seven-round draft era and neither Connors nor Snipes played a game for the team.
So, that’s where that’s at. No supplemental draft. On to training camp.
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