Originally posted by NinerBuff:
Not counting the Singletary years (which may or may not be a fair assessment)
1st Rounders
- Aldon Smith - rSo - Injury issues, huge upside, major draft day reach (apparently)
- AJ Jenkins - Sr - Productive, good speed and hands, undersized, major draft day reach
2nd Rounders
- Colin Kaepernick - Sr - Big arm, huge upside, great speed. Questions about accuracy and being ready for NFL football
- LaMichael James - Sr - Good speed, great quickness, undersized, not really a position of need at the time, considered draft day reach
3rd Rounders
- Chris Culliver - Sr - Good size, physical CB, small school and considered a reach.
4th Rounders
- Kendall Hunter - Sr - Small but good strength, generally thought of as a good pick (good value on draft day)
- Joe Looney - Sr - Considered project with big upside, injury problems pushed him down the draft, good value pick
5th Rounders
- Daniel Kilgore - Sr - Undersized G, eventual replacement for C, small school, generally considered medium value
- Darius Fleming - Sr - Underwelming and injuried, looked to be role player at best, medium value on draft day
6th Rounders
- Ronald Johnson - Sr - Small, but good speed, seemed to be good value on draft day (didn't make team)
- Colin Jones - Sr - Special teams player, medium value on draft day
- Trent Robinson - Sr - Small, but considered good value, potential rotational player
- Jason Slowey - Sr - Generally considered a bad pick (didn't make team)
7th Rounders
- Bruce Miller - Sr - Converted DE, good athlete, good flyer pick
- Mike Person - Sr. - Considered good pick, potential T rotational player (had been cut)
- Curtis Holcomb - Sr - Special Teams flyer, injuries prevented him from making team
- Cam Johnson - Sr - Injury issues pushed him down the board, generally considered good value
Jenkins was not a reach. The Rams were going to take him a few picks later.