When Stanford and Notre Dame held their pro-day sessions on the same March day last year, the 49ers fanned out.
A large contingent led by general manager John Lynch, personnel department executives Adam Peters and Martin Mayhew, and quarterback’s coach Rich Scangarello went to South Bend, Ind. where Lynch took Fighting Irish quarterback DeShone Kizer to dinner. An even larger group, including head coach Kyle Shanahan and defensive line coach Jeff Zgonina, drove 15 miles north from team headquarters to Stanford to watch Solomon Thomas work out.
This year the two schools again landed on the same date, but the 49ers mostly stayed home.