Niners’ Buckner Believes He’s in Position to Thrive
Chances are, DeForest Buckner would be a success no matter which NFL team selected him in the draft.The former standout defensive lineman at Oregon was acclaimed as one of the best prospects in this year's draft and the 49ers were lauded by many for selecting him with the No. 7 overall selection. He's been compared by some to Calais Campbell, the terffic Arizona Cardinals' defender, while network analyst Pete Prisco gave the 49ers an A-plus in his draft coverage for taking Buckner, whom Prisco says gives the team a quality they had when they were one of the NFC's best teams under Jim Harbaugh."Love this for the 49ers," he wrote of the Buckner pick. "Tough. Big. They were that when they were good."But as Buckner heads toward his first NFL training camp next week, he says he believes San Francisco is the perfect place for him to thrive."I definitely hit the lottery with being picked up by San Francisco," he told a reporter in Hawaii this week. "A lot of guys, they don't know anybody going in and they're kind of just by themselves and I kind of got welcomed into open arms. I got my old head coach back, my old D-line coach back and my old teammate back -- my teammate and good friend...
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