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Why the 49ers could still select a cornerback in the 2019 NFL Draft

One might guess the San Francisco 49ers are tabling their cornerback needs until 2020. This, after the Niners elected not to go after some of the big-name free agents this offseason, instead only grabbing oft-injured corner Jason Verrett instead.

San Francisco seems set at the competition for nickel corner — a pending training camp battle between K’Waun Williams and D.J. Reed. But things get more interesting at the boundary spots. Verrett, Ahkello Witherspoon and second-year pro Tarvarius Moore are poised to take over the starting job opposite the veteran, Richard Sherman, heading into camp.