The San Francisco 49ers were at the center of the football world leading up to the opening of the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday. Everyone wanted to know which quarterback general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan were going to select to lead the franchise.
There was no shortage of opinions on who the Niners would take to be the signal-caller of the future. Some NFL insiders guessed it would be Alabama’s Mac Jones, while others felt Ohio State’s Justin Fields would be the choice.
Instead, the 49ers went with Trey Lance of North Dakota State.