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49ers Take Texas A&M Edge Rusher Nic Scourton in New Mock Draft

It's December 29, 2024, and it's already time for the 49ers to shift their focus to the NFL Draft.

Grant Cohn

Sep 14, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Nic Scourton (11) looks toward the sideline against the Florida Gators during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images
Sep 14, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Nic Scourton (11) looks toward the sideline against the Florida Gators during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images / Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images
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It's December 29, 2024, and it's already time for the 49ers to shift their focus to the NFL Draft.

Sure, they have two games left, but they don't matter because they can't make the playoffs. What matters most for the 49ers is losing the games and improving their draft position.

Currently, the 49ers are slotted to draft 11th. And with the 11th pick, a new mock draft from Pro Football Network projects the 49ers to pick Texas A&M edge rusher Nic Scourton.

"It’s been a long time since Nick Bosa had a legitimate running mate on the opposite side," writes Pro Football Network analyst Dalton Miller. "It feels too early for any of the offensive tackles in the class despite the San Francisco 49ers’ need at the position. Nic Scourton will be one of the youngest players in the class, and his pass-rushing repertoire is well beyond his years. The Aggie could stand to lose 10-15 pounds from his frame, but even at nearly 280 pounds, Scourton showed more juice and bend than most pass rushers 30 pounds lighter. He also has some of the best outside-winning hands in the class while also boasting a devasting inside spin."

The 49ers certainly need another edge rusher to complement Nick Bosa considering Leonard Floyd is older and will enter the final year of his contract next season. But the smarter move could be to trade down. In the most recent draft, the first 14 picks were offensive players, which means the 49ers might be able to drop a few spots and still get Scourton. Plus offensive tackle is a bigger need, anyway.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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