San Francisco 49ers 2024 NFL Draft Guide: What you need to know

Attention 49ers fans! It’s time to gear up for the 2024 NFL Draft. Get exclusive insights and analysis about your team.

Check out the information below for a glimpse into San Francisco’s predicted draft picks, position requirements, selection history, notes from the General Manager on drafts and more, all provided by the research team of the NFL.

And don’t forget to tune in on Thursday, April 25th at 8:00 p.m. ET for live coverage of the draft on NFL Network and NFL+.

San Francisco 49ers Draft Overview

2023 record: 12-5
First in NFC West; lost to Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII

49ers 2024 draft picks (10):

Round 1, pick 31
Round 2, pick 63
Round 3, pick 94
Round 4, pick 124 (acquired from Dallas Cowboys in Trey Lance trade)
Round 4, pick 131
Round 4, pick 133 (compensatory pick)
Round 5, pick 176 (compensatory pick)
Round 6, pick 211 (compensatory pick)
Round 6, pick 215 (compensatory pick)
Round 7, pick 251

49ers team needs (according to Chad Reuter): Cornerback, Offensive Tackle, Interior OL, Wide Receiver, Linebacker

Projected 49ers first-round selection, via NFL.com draft analysts:

(See all projections at Mock Draft Central)

49ers 2024 Opponents

Home

Chiefs, Cowboys, Jets, Patriots, Lions, Bears, Seahawks, Rams, Cardinals

Away

Buccaneers, Bills, Dolphins, Cardinals, Packers, Rams, Seahawks, Vikings

49ers Notable Activity Tracker (2024 offseason):

49ers Decision Makers

CEO: Jed York

General Manager: John Lynch

Head Coach: Kyle Shanahan

John Lynch

Lynch has held the position of General Manager for the 49ers since 2017.

49ers Draft Notes

Since 2017

– 58 total players drafted

– 6 Pro Bowlers/First-Team All-Pros selected

Traded three 1st round picks (2021-2023) and a 2022 3rd round pick to move up in the 2021 NFL Draft to select QB Trey Lance.

Lance, who has 4 career starts, was traded to Dallas for a 4th round pick in 2024.

Chose QB Brock Purdy as the final selection of the 2022 Draft, who has a career quarterback win-loss record of 17-4 and a playoff win-loss record of 4-2.

– Lynch has drafted 5 first-team All-Pros

Linebacker Fred Warner (3x), Tight End George Kittle (2x), Wide Receiver Deebo Samuel, Defensive End Nick Bosa, and Safety Talanoa Hufanga.

Out of the 18 draft picks made by the 49ers over the 2022-2023 Drafts, only 3 players have started more than one game in their career. This count is the second-lowest in the NFL during this period.

Quarterback Brock Purdy, nicknamed “Mr. Irrelevant” in 2022, has a career quarterback win-loss record of 17-4.

G Spencer Burford, a 2022 4th round pick, started 29 games and achieved a 28.3 PFF pass block grade in 2023.

Safety Ji’Ayir Brown, a third-round pick in 2023 who started five games as a rookie.

In the 2023 Draft, only one of the picks for the 49ers started in more than one game. Ji’Aiyuk Brown, a safety, made 5 starts.

Nine players, including K Jake Moody, were selected by SF.

The 49ers haven’t secured a top-60 draft pick in the previous two drafts, with no 1st or 2nd rounder in 2023 and no 1st rounder in 2022.

Exchanged 2022 and 2023 first round pick for Trey Lance.

Traded the 2nd pick of 2023 in the trade for Christian McCaffrey.

The 49ers have reached the NFC Championship 4 times in the past 5 seasons, but lost the Super Bowl in 2019 and 2023, and the NFC Championship games in 2021 and 2022.

Since 2019, they have a win-loss record of 54-29, which is a .651 winning percentage. This ranks them 5th in the NFL.

Since 2022, with a win percentage of .735, their record stands at 25 wins and 9 losses, tied for first place with Kansas City and Philadelphia.

Since 2017, Lynch has utilized a top 3 round pick on every offensive and defensive position, including a kicker.

Lynch has not utilized a top-2 round pick on a defensive back, running back, or tight end.

Highest drafted 49ers player by position, since 2017

Last time 49ers picked each position in first round:

Compiled by the NFL Research team. All data current as of April 16, 2024.