49ers select Oregon RB James with No. 147 pick in 2025 NFL Draft

The 49ers are optimistic about what the future holds for Christian McCaffrey.But it is clear they felt the need to add more insurance behind the NFL's 2023 Offensive Player of the Year.Jordan James of Oregon is the fifth running back the 49ers have chosen in the nine years of the John Lynch-Kyle Shanahan regime. Staying on the West Coast pic.twitter.com/RVrwT2XAAe — San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) April 26, 2025James comes with a high recommendation from former 49ers running back Frank Gore, the No. 3 rusher in NFL history."If a future HoF RB likes you, seems good enough for me," 49ers CEO Jed York wrote on social media to foreshadow the selection of James.James (5-foot-9 1/2, 208 pounds) is coming off a season in which he gained 1,267 yards and 15 touchdowns. His college career ended on a down note when he sustained a concussion in the first quarter of the Ducks' playoff loss to Ohio State.The first three running backs the 49ers selected in the third round during the Lynch-Shanahan regime. Joe Williams, Trey Sermon and Ty Davis-Price did not work out.The other running back the 49ers drafted is Isaac Guerendo. He was a fourth-round selection last year, and he is currently the...