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List of San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks

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List of San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks

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The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference West Division. The team, founded in 1944 by Tony Morabito, is named after the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush. The 49ers joined the NFL prior to the start of the 1950 NFL season. Since 2014 they have played their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located southeast of San Francisco.

The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them. From through the NFL designated the first overall selection as a "bonus" or "lottery pick". The pick was awarded by a random draw and the winner who received the "bonus pick" forfeited its selection in the final round of the draft and became ineligible for future draws. The system was abolished prior to the 1959 NFL draft, as all twelve teams in the league at the time had received a bonus choice.

Since the team's first NFL draft in 1950, the 49ers have selected 88 players in the first round. The team's first-round pick in their inaugural NFL draft was Leo Nomellini, a defensive tackle from the University of Minnesota; he was the 11th overall selection. The 49ers have drafted first overall three times, selecting Harry Babcock in 1953, Dave Parks in 1964, and Alex Smith in 2005. In the most recent draft, held in 2025, the 49ers chose Georgia defensive end Mykel Williams.

The 49ers did not draft a player in the first round on ten occasions. Nine of the team's first-round picks—Lance Alworth, Jimmy Johnson, Ronnie Lott, Hugh McElhenny, Leo Nomellini, Jerry Rice, Y. A. Tittle, Patrick Willis, and Bryant Young—have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame; one of these, Lance Alworth, chose to sign with the NFL's pre-merger direct competitor, the American Football League (AFL), and never played for the 49ers.

Player selections

Ronnie Lott in a USC Trojans shirt.
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SymbolMeaning*
Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Selected number one overall
Position abbreviationsCCBDBDEDTFBFLGHBLBQBRBSTTEWR
Center
Cornerback
Defensive back
Defensive end
Defensive tackle
Fullback
Flanker
Guard
Halfback
Linebacker
Quarterback
Running back
Safety
Tackle
Tight end
Wide receiver
SeasonPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes1950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
11DTMinnesota
3QBLSU
9HBWashington
1*TEGeorgiaLottery bonus pick
10TETexas
11QBMaryland
10HBRice
2QBMichigan State
3QBStanford
8HBMichiganPick received from Pittsburgh Steelers
9DTTexas A&M
5QBOklahoma
8COhio StatePick received from Pittsburgh Steelers
11TENotre Dame
6CBUCLAPick received from Pittsburgh Steelers
9WRBowling Green State
11QBUCLAPick received from Baltimore Colts
8FLArkansasSigned for the AFL's San Diego Chargers instead
8DBUCLA
1*WRTexas Tech
2FBNorth Carolina
13DBIllinoisPick received from Cleveland Browns
11TOle Miss
3QBFloridaPick received from Atlanta Falcons
11TENorthwestern
15CAuburn
7TEPenn StatePick received from New Orleans Saints
16WRStanford
9DENorth Texas
17DBBostonPick received from Washington Redskins
23DBOhio State
19WRAuburn
18DBTexas Southern
9RBAlabamaPick received from New England Patriots
10DTUCLA
10DTMississippi State
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to New England Patriots
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to New England Patriots
7TENotre Dame
24LBLong Beach StatePick received from Miami Dolphins
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to Buffalo Bills
13RBRiceMoved down draft order in trade with New York Jets
20DTClemsonPick received from New York Jets
8DBUSC
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to New England Patriots
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to San Diego Chargers
24LBBYU
16WRMississippi Valley StateMoved up draft order in trade with New England Patriots
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Moved down draft order in trades with Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills
22TNorth Carolina
25RBClemsonPick received from Washington Redskins
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Moved down draft order in trade with Los Angeles Raiders
28LBTennessee
25RBFlorida State
25DTLouisville
18DBWashington
26DTKansasPick received from Kansas City Chiefs and used to move down draft order in trades with Phoenix Cardinals and New Orleans Saints
27DTTennessee
7DTNotre DamePick received from San Diego Chargers and used to move up draft order in trade with Los Angeles Rams
28RBFlorida StateMoved down draft order in trade with Dallas Cowboys
10WRUCLAMoved up draft order in trade with Cleveland Browns
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to Cleveland Browns
26QBVirginia Tech
28CBOklahoma State
24DTFloridaMoved up draft order in trade with Miami Dolphins
16LBMichigan StateMoved down draft order in trade with Washington Redskins and New York Jets
24CBOhio StatePick received from Washington Redskins
7DECaliforniaMoved up draft order in trade with Seattle Seahawks
27CBMiami (FL)
26TStanford
31WROklahoma StateMoved down draft order in trades with Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers
1*QBUtah
6TEMaryland
22LBNorth Carolina StateMoved up draft order in trade with Denver Broncos
11LBOle Miss
28TCentral MichiganPick received from New England Patriots
29DTNorth CarolinaOriginal pick traded to New England Patriots. Moved up draft order in trade with Indianapolis Colts.
10WRTexas Tech
11TRutgersMoved up draft order in trade with Denver Broncos
17GIdahoPick received from Carolina Panthers
7LBMissouri
30WRIllinois
18SLSUMoved up draft order in trade with Dallas Cowboys
30SNorthern Illinois
17DEOregonMoved down draft order in trade with San Diego Chargers
7DEOregon
28GStanfordMoved up draft order in trade with Kansas City Chiefs
3DEStanfordMoved down draft order in trade with Chicago Bears
31LBAlabamaMoved up draft order in trade with Seattle Seahawks
9TNotre Dame
2DEOhio State
14DTSouth CarolinaPick received from Indianapolis Colts. Moved down draft order in trade with Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
25WRArizona StateMoved up draft order in trade with Minnesota Vikings
3QBNorth Dakota StateMoved up draft order in trade with Miami Dolphins
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to Miami Dolphins
''{{sortnameNopick0nolink=1}}''Pick traded to Miami Dolphins
31WRFlorida
11DEGeorgia

Notes

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