SANTA CLARA - The 49ers added another tough-nosed player in Renardo Green and addressed their defensive back need at the same time. The Florida State cornerback didn't have the flashiest statistics in 41 games, but he went up against the best throughout his five-year college career, including last season's season-opening showdown with LSU, led by Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington Commanders, and Malik Nabers, who went No. 6 to the New York Giants. Green made the only interception of his college career in FSU's 45-24 win, snagging a Daniels pass intended for Nabers to start the fourth quarter, with the Seminoles ahead by just seven points. That wasn't Green's only meeting with Daniels in a big moment. His tone-setting tackle of the QB in their 2022 matchup in New Orleans was one of Green's team-leading eight stops in the Seminoles' 24-23 win. "In this NFL draft, I bet on myself," Green said Friday in a conference call with reporters, right after the 49ers made him the No. 64 overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft. "I always felt I was one of the top corners in this year's draft because I did what a lot of others can't. I...
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