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Full list of 49ers projected picks in 2025 NFL draft

10 picks for the 49ers, including 7 in the top 150.

The San Francisco 49ers are on track to enter the 2025 draft with 10 picks at their disposal.

Some of the urgency to connect on multiple picks in this year’s draft subsided thanks to what looks like a strong 2024 class. However, if the 49ers are going to restock some of their depth and insulate themselves from injuries and future free agent exits, they can’t afford to whiff on the 2025 class.

They have obvious needs in the trenches, starting jobs open in the secondary, and some injury question marks up and down the roster.

The good news for general manager John Lynch and the 49ers front office is that they should have plenty of capital to make an impact in late April when the 2025 draft begins.

Since compensatory picks haven’t officially been awarded, here’s a projection of the 10 selections the 49ers are set to own:

Round 1, Pick 11
Round 2, Pick 43
Round 3, Pick 75
Round 3, Pick 99 (Compensatory)
Round 4, Pick 112
Round 4, Pick 138 (Compensatory)
Round 4, Pick 139 (Compensatory)
Round 6, Pick 189
Round 7, Pick 228 (via Carolina)
Round 7, Pick 255 (Compensatory)

They won’t have a fifth-round pick because of a penalty for an accounting error. They also had a compensatory fourth-round pick moved back last year.

San Francisco is projected to land four comp picks, and their seventh-round choice via the Panthers came in a trade last year that landed kicker Zane Gonzalez with the 49ers. It’s unclear what the conditions of the pick swap were, so there’s a chance San Francisco actually holds onto its own pick, which is slated for No. 229.

The three-day NFL draft is scheduled to begin April 24.

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Could 49ers be viewing UCLA RB prospect as potential Kyle Juszczyk replacement?

The 49ers met with an RB prospect who they could be eyeing as a long-term replacement for Kyle Juszczyk.

A key piece of the 49ers’ 2024 draft will be stocking its cupboard with players who might be able to take over for some of their aging stars in the next few seasons. Fullback Kyle Juszczyk is one of the players San Francisco needs to start building a long-term contingency plan for, which may help explain part of their interest in UCLA running back Carson Steele.

Steele, who had a virtual meeting with the 49ers according to the Draft Network’s Justin Melo, had a fine career as a running back at Ball State and UCLA. He played in 37 games with 28 starts across three years and posted 3,294 rushing yards with 26 touchdowns on 648 carries. He also hauled in 58 receptions for 486 yards and four touchdowns.

His pure athleticism doesn’t pop on tape, and he clocked a 4.75 40-yard dash at UCLA’s Pro Day. Those athletic limitations may keep him from being an every-down RB in the NFL. That’s where a transition to fullback (in the way the 49ers use one) may be helpful.

Steele has enough movement skills to line up in different spots the way Juszczyk does, and he has enough juice (no pun intended) with the ball in his hands to be a threat as a receiver the way Juszczyk has been with the 49ers.

It’s not a slam dunk that Steele would be able to make the move to fullback. He measured in at UCLA’s Pro Day two inches shorter and seven pounds lighter than Juszczyk’s listed height and weight. That may be a barrier he can’t clear. Not to mention the nuance that comes with such a position change while also trying to fill the sizable shoes Juszczyk will leave behind whenever he does leave San Francisco.

However, it would make a ton of sense for the 49ers to try and explore options to replace Juszczyk and Steele as a late Day 3 pick or undrafted free agent addition is a good candidate.

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