MOBILE, Ala. — In the last 10 years, NFL teams whose staffs coach the Senior Bowl go on to draft athletes they coached in the game 13.8% of the time (24/173). The last time the 49ers were here coaching one of the clubs, they launched the beginnings of a Super Bowl contender, drafting both Patrick Willis and Joe Staley from their own 2007 Senior Bowl roster.
It’s with this in mind that new 49ers assistant coach Chris Kiffin offers rapid-fire coaching points to defensive linemen in a darkened conference room inside the Mobile Convention Center. The 49ers, hungry for an impact pass rusher, are once again coaching in the all-star game designed to showcase the best talent graduating from NCAA football.