Aldon Smith will be held out of today’s minicamp practice

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance, the No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, stepped onto the field in Santa Clara for the first of three practices during the team's rookie minicamp. The Friday afternoon session is the only one that will be open to the media, and it gave reporters their first opportunity to get a look at the former North Dakota State star. Matt Barrows of The Athletic seemed to sum things up well with the following tweet. First observation of a Trey Lance in a 49ers uniform: He's big.— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows)

The San Francisco 49ers kick off a three-day rookie minicamp today. While only five of the team's eight draft selections are signed, all eight are eligible to participate. The Niners shared the jersey numbers of the eight drafted rookies, so observing reporters can figure out who is who while watching from a distance today. The Friday session will be the only one open to the media. Below are the jersey numbers of San Francisco's eight drafted rookies, listed in the order in which they were selected. Some of the jersey numbers were already known. 5 - Trey Lance 62 -

San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance spoke with reporters ahead of the team's three-day rookie minicamp. Here is everything that he had to say. Transcript provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. Well, just a couple of quick things. One, what was the first impression of the playbook and then, two, what kind of relationship did you gather when you were working with WR Brandon Aiyuk last week? "Yeah, playbook was fun. I've been looking forward to learning a new playbook, and obviously it's an NFL playbook, so it's going to be a lot. But for me, I've been waiting to learn a new playbook for the last, seven eight months. So it was a ton of fun to finally be able to get into it. Me and Brandon got to

Today, the San Francisco 49ers will hold their second of three practices as part of a three-day rookie minicamp. Twenty-three players are participating, including the team's eight members of its 2021 draft class, the five signed undrafted free agents, a few members of the team with a year of experience, and several players trying out to make the roster. While yesterday's practice was the first opportunity for the media to see the rookies in a 49ers helmet, including the No. 3 overall pick, quarterback Trey Lance, the rest of this weekend's practices are closed to reporters. Below is a list of the players who are participating in the rookie minicamp. The eight drafted rookies are listed in bold. Players whose names are italicized are trying out for the