Each week leading to the draft, we'll look at a collection of mock drafts from various sources and compile the list of the top prospects projected to head to the 49ers.
We surveyed 58 online mock drafts this week and tallied which prospects are the most popular choices for the San Francisco 49ers, who currently own the No. 2 overall pick in next month's draft. The mock drafts include big-name sites like ESPN and NFL.com to smaller independent sites.
Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has recently become the overwhelming favorite to go No. 1 overall to the Arizona Cardinals. That has catapulted former Ohio State edge rusher Nick Bosa to become the overwhelming favorite to land with the 49ers.
Below are the top-ranked projections for the 49ers among the mock drafts we examined.
| Rank | 49ers' Pick |
| 35 Mock Drafts | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| 14 Mock Drafts | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| 6 Mock Drafts | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| 1 Mock Draft | Rashan Gary, DL, Michigan |
| 1 Mock Draft | Clelin Ferrell, Edge, Clemson (via trade) |
| 1 Mock Draft | Brian Burns, Edge, Florida State (via trade) |
Below is a mock-draft breakdown for the 49ers' selection at No. 2 overall.
| Site/Mock | 49ers' Pick |
| The Athletic: Beat Writers | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| The Big Lead: Jason McIntyre | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| Bleacher Report: Brent Sobleski | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Bleacher Report: Matt Miller | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Bleacher Report: Ryan McCrystal | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| Bleacher Report: Zach Buckley | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| CBS Sports: Jared Dubin | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| CBS Sports: Pete Prisco | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| CBS Sports: R.J. White | Clelin Ferrell, Edge, Clemson |
| CBS Sports: Ryan Wilson | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| CBS Sports: Will Brinson | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Draft Ace | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| Draft Analyst: Tony Pauline | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Draft Countdown | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Draft Insiders | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Draft King | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| Draft Site | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| Draft Tek | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| DraftBlaster | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| DraftBlaster: DraftGeek | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| EDSFootball.com | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| ESPN: Mel Kiper | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| ESPN: Todd McShay | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| FanSided: Brad Weiss | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Fueled by Sports | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| GBN Report | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| LA Times: Sam Farmer | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| MyNFLDraft.com | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NBCSBA: Maiocco, Blair | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| New York Post: Steve Serby | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Newsday: Nick Klopsis | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL Draft Blitz: Alex Khvatov | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL Draft Diamonds | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| NFL Draft Geek | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| NFL Mocks: Erik Lambert | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL Mocks: Sayre Bedinger | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL.com: Bucky Brooks | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL.com: Chad Reuter | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL.com: Charley Casserly | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| NFL.com: Daniel Jeremiah | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL.com: Lance Zierlein | Rashan Gary, DL, Michigan |
| NFL.com: Maurice Jones-Drew | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| NFL.com: Peter Schrager | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| NFL Draft Scout: Ric Serritella | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
| NFL Draft Scout: Rob Rang | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Press Democrat: Cohn | Brian Burns, Edge, Florida State |
| PFF: Michael Renner | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| PFF: Steve Palazzolo | Quinnen Williams, DL, Alabama |
| SB Nation: Dan Kadar | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| SI: Vinnie Iyer | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Thank God It's Saturday | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| U-T San Diego: Eddie Brown | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| USA Today: Luke Easterling | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| USA Today: Nate Davis | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Walter Football: Campbell | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Walter Football: Cherepinsky | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| Washington Post: John Clayton | Nick Bosa, Edge, Ohio State |
| With the First Pick | Josh Allen, Edge, Kentucky |
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