The 49ers don’t have a first-round pick in the 2022 draft, but they have the player on their roster who might’ve been the first overall pick. NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah in talking about this year’s QB class said 49ers QB Trey Lance would’ve been the first QB off the board and possibly the first player picked overall.
“In my opinion, yes. He’s more talented than any quarterback in this draft class coming out, and I don’t even think it’s particularly close,” Jeremiah said in a conference call. “If he had a chance to go back to school and continue to grow and play and develop, yeah, I think he would have been the first pick in this draft.”
This year’s quarterback draft class is not a particularly strong one per most NFL draft analysts. Our own Draft Wire has just one QB going in the top 10, and just three in the first round overall.
