The 49ers have reached the NFC Championship Game in three of the last four seasons, including an appearance in Super Bowl LIV in the 2019 season. Last season, San Francisco opened the year with a 3-4 record before starting the regular season with ended a 10-game winning streak and won the NFC West with a 13-4 record despite using three different starting quarterbacks.
Trey Lance started the first two games of last season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury Jimmy Garoppolo return to the starting role for 10 games. After Garoppolo sustained a foot injury, rookie Brock Purdy stepped in and won his first seven career starts, winning five straight in the regular season before beating the Seahawks and Cowboys in the playoffs. Purdy, the “Mr. Irrelevant” as the final overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, went down early in the NFC Championship Game in Philadelphia with an elbow injury, forcing the fourth string josh johnson in action. Purdy underwent offseason elbow surgery and the 49ers must now decide who will be the best QB between Purdy and Lance.
For the second year in a row, the 49ers are without a pick in the first round after trading away their top picks in 2022 and 2023 to advance to the Select QB Trey Lance Third overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. They also traded their second-round pick this year to the Panthers in the Christian McCaffrey Last season’s deal, meaning the 49ers’ first pick of this year’s draft will not come until the third round (99th overall).
Click here for the entire 2023 NFL draft order, and read on to see what picks the 49ers will have in the 2023 NFL draft. Coverage of the latest NFL news is available year-round on Pro Football Talk on Peacock and the NFL on the NBC YouTube channel.
San Francisco 49ers 2023 NFL Draft Picks:
Round 3: #99
Round 3: #101
Round 3: #102
Round 5: No. 155 (by MIA)
Round 5: #164
Round 5: #173
Round 6: #216
Round 7: No. 222 (by DEN)
Round 7: #247
Round 7: #253
Round 7: #255
Check out draft picks for other teams in the NFC West:
2023 Seattle Seahawks draft picks
LA Rams 2023 draft picks
Arizona Cardinals 2023 draft picks
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