Ranking 49ers pairs of 1st-round picks

The 49ers have selected two players in the first round of the NFL draft 14 times since the AFL-NFL merger.

No. 11 | 1967 draft

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Pick 3: QB Steve Spurrier
Pick 11: OL Cas Banaszek

Most of Spurrier’s value as a player came as a punter for the 49ers. He started 26 games at quarterback and went 13-12-1 with 33 touchdowns and 48 interceptions with just a 52.5 percent completion rate. That is suboptimal for a quarterback who goes No. 3 overall.

Banaszek put together a nice career as an offensive tackle. He spent 10 years with the organization and started all but two games through his first nine years, and 112 of his 120 games overall. A Pro Bowl or two might’ve helped this pair’s chances to climb higher on the list, but Banaszek was never voted to the NFL’s all-star game.