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Tyrion Davis-Price exit underscores huge draft problem for 49ers

Tyrion Davis-Price exit underscores huge draft problem for 49ers

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So just how bad are things for the 49ers’ third-round picks?

There are a handful of ways we can measure this, but let’s just go by starts. Since 2017, 12 49ers’ third-round picks have started a combined 115 games out of a possible 174. And that’s with Warner starting all but one game since 2018. If we remove his 98 starts, it’s only 76 starts out of 174 games since 2017.

It gets even worse if we whittle it down to the last five years, where eight third-round picks have started a combined 18 games. Moody technically counts as zero starts because he’s a kicker, but even including his contributions won’t move the needle much.

There’s more to it than just starts, obviously, but it’s not great that Warner is the only player of the 12 to really have any significant impact. Even Witherspoon, Thomas and Beathard all had trouble staying in the lineup as starters.

The good news is the 49ers can find their way out of this third-round funk with players already on the roster. They’ll also have a couple third-round picks in the 2024 draft. Gray is still around with a chance to make an impact in his third year. Brown figures to be a starting safety for San Francisco in 2024, and Moody was really promising out of the gate. Latu is still a question mark, but the lightbulb appeared to be coming on for him before he injured his knee last preseason. If just two of those players (or 2024 draft picks) can become reliable starters or contributors it would do wonders for the outlook of the 49ers’ roster moving forward.

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