49ers select Mykel Williams-DE-Georgia with the 11th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft | Page 150

Phoenix49ers · 2025-04-24T18:24:13-07:00

Big, powerful edge to form a bookend to Bosa. Still only 20 years old with a lot of room for further development, especially as a pass rusher. Working with Bosa and going up against Trent Williams will do him a lot of good. The newest DAWG in San Francisco ??@MykelWilliams_ is a 49er#GoDawgs | #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/x3yenBlnBj— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) April 25, 2025#Georgia EDGE Mykel Williams (6-5, 265)Lengthy frame, violent hands. NFL ready run defender. Asset on twists/stunts. Moving to OLB full-time next season. Turns 20 years old this month. pic.twitter.com/NykOfiHwEA— Jordan Reid (@Jordan_Reid) June 15, 2024Mykel Williams is DOMINANT in the run game with high pass rush upside🐶 pic.twitter.com/o82AQZfLqn— PFF College (@PFF_College) April 24, 2025Not only can Mykel Williams reduce inside of TEs as a big 5, he played 4i in college at a high level working on G and T in interior gaps. You need guys who can free up your safeties and keep them in space. He will do that, if you're scared off by the rawness of Stewart https://t.co/cCxv7kRbJg pic.twitter.com/nBWmS23Osy— Max Toscano (@maxtoscano1) April 23, 2025Georgia's Mykel Williams gets the strip-sack on Quinn Ewers while working against left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. Banks replaces his hands quickly after Williams' swipe, but the DE already has the angle through the LT's outside shoulder. #NFLDraft #NFLDraft2025 #2025NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/6Jv78IwO7C— Sam Teets (@Sam_Teets33) October 21, 2024Mykel Williams lined up in a 4i here against Miller. Uses his violent hands and long limbs to put Miller in a blender. Super quick lateral movement by Williams pic.twitter.com/lyabKRELBU— Cole (@coleplant_) September 9, 2024Mykel Williams | DE | UGASize + movement + power prototype. Maximizes length to great efficiency & hands have a ton of power to disrupt & drive blockers backwards. Fantastic run defender playing through extension & holding the PoA. Violent block shedder when runs come his way. pic.twitter.com/BTQZIFoYL5— Matt Lane (@Matty_KCSN) February 16, 2025https://twitter.com/PanthersAnalyst/status/1914170110455194102

Sep 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM

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Hoovtrain
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Originally posted by NYniner85:

#49ers plan to open the practice window for DE Mykel Williams on Wednesday.
— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner) September 28, 2026

Hell yeah

Sep 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by father49er:

Originally posted by Heroism:

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
If he can shore up the run defense on base downs for this season, I'll be content.

He's going to be huge for the run defense, especially in any runs aiming to capture the perimeter. We know for sure the edge will be set with Mykel on the field.

They just need some of the big uglys in the middle to step up, and then they'll be in a great spot with how many points the offense is scoring. Teams won't be able to stick to the run.

Yup. We'll still need an inside guy to step on run defense.

If he MW can do both it will really help

Hope he's healthy

Sep 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM

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i think he will shore up the run D immediately and thats a win for me. His presence should also help the pass rush as a whole gives way more flexibility on passing downs

I dont expect a huge sack total this year he didnt get much of a chance to improve on that due to his injury but i do think next year will be his breakout year hes still 22 years old

[ Edited by ritz126 on Sep 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM ]

Sep 29, 2026 at 7:01 AM

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The practice window is 3 weeks max I think so we'll see him by the week 7 game correct?

Sep 29, 2026 at 7:06 AM

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Originally posted by matt49er:
The practice window is 3 weeks max I think so we'll see him by the week 7 game correct?

No he can play week 5 he has 21 days to be active on the roster or shut down for the season

I do want to say I hope they don't play him too early I do think the team is being more cautious this year which I like

Sep 30, 2026 at 1:05 PM

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Hopefully Mykel can get up to speed ASAP. Praying for no setbacks once we open up the practice window. We need some depth in case Bosa has more issues down the line. Mykel's injury last year was one of the most frustrating ones because it robbed him of all that development time

Sep 30, 2026 at 1:09 PM

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I don't think there's any doubt he'll improve the run D, but I'm really excited to see other ways that Morris may use him on stunts, etc.

Sep 30, 2026 at 2:23 PM

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The 49ers opened Mykel Williams' practice window today. They must activate him in the next 21 days. He appears to have stayed in good shape during his rehab — looks to be the 265 lbs at which he played last season. pic.twitter.com/Z3gX99xTH7
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 30, 2026

Sep 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

The 49ers opened Mykel Williams' practice window today. They must activate him in the next 21 days. He appears to have stayed in good shape during his rehab — looks to be the 265 lbs at which he played last season. pic.twitter.com/Z3gX99xTH7
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 30, 2026

Mykel working that 2-to-1, bull to longarm move. Technique not looking bad considering he's knocking the rust off a big injury. That's exactly what I want to see a guy with Mykel's traits doing.

If he can get better at marrying his feet and hands, he's going to unlock a lot of pass rush off that alone.

[ Edited by Heroism on Sep 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM ]

Sep 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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Originally posted by ritz126:

Originally posted by matt49er:
The practice window is 3 weeks max I think so we'll see him by the week 7 game correct?

No he can play week 5 he has 21 days to be active on the roster or shut down for the season

I do want to say I hope they don't play him too early I do think the team is being more cautious this year which I like

yeah that's what I meant. Given the length of the window he will play no later than week 7 (debut between weeks 5-7). Feels like they'll put him out there week 5 but I agree with you, hold off until he's 100% & in football shape.

Sep 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

The 49ers opened Mykel Williams' practice window today. They must activate him in the next 21 days. He appears to have stayed in good shape during his rehab — looks to be the 265 lbs at which he played last season. pic.twitter.com/Z3gX99xTH7
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 30, 2026

He looked jacked in early videos when he was side field

Sep 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM

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Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

The 49ers opened Mykel Williams' practice window today. They must activate him in the next 21 days. He appears to have stayed in good shape during his rehab — looks to be the 265 lbs at which he played last season. pic.twitter.com/Z3gX99xTH7
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 30, 2026

He looked jacked in early videos when he was side field

Excited to get him back on the field next week

Sep 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM

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Originally posted by NYniner85:

The 49ers opened Mykel Williams' practice window today. They must activate him in the next 21 days. He appears to have stayed in good shape during his rehab — looks to be the 265 lbs at which he played last season. pic.twitter.com/Z3gX99xTH7
— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) September 30, 2026

I'm glad he was able to stay in shape during this whole ordeal....... looks good from this video imo....

Sep 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM

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Originally posted by Cosmo:
I don't think there's any doubt he'll improve the run D, but I'm really excited to see other ways that Morris may use him on stunts, etc.

Agree, and I'll add that we have some other young and promising defenders that I'd like to see make plays. Valdez, Fehoko, Dugger, Height etc... for example. I hope Mykel has no setbacks and is good to go for the rest of the year.

Sep 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM

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Originally posted by goodthings19:
Hopefully Mykel can get up to speed ASAP. Praying for no setbacks once we open up the practice window. We need some depth in case Bosa has more issues down the line. Mykel's injury last year was one of the most frustrating ones because it robbed him of all that development time

Agree on the frustrations. But also Raheem isn't Saleh, so Mykel doesn't have to unlearn techniques that Raheem system doesn't use anymore. It could be a little bit of s blessing in disguise since Raheem does a lot more stunts than I think Saleh does, for example.