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Rick Stroud

49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy is pretty relevant these days

TAMPA, Fla. — There is no more consequential player to make your first NFL start against than Tom Brady.

That makes 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, selected with final pick of the 2022 NFL draft, the least irrelevant Mr. Irrelevant of all-time.

The dubious distinction is given to the player chosen last each year in the draft, then honored at a festival in Newport Beach, California, a tribute for the trivial.

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