The NFL on Wednesday announced selections of compensatory projects, which finalized the selections available to the 49ers for this year’s draft.
While there was some confusion about the number of comp selections the 49ers received, they ended up with the two expected, giving them 10 positions towards the start of the new league year.
This is far from the limited capital that San Francisco was equipped with last year, when they reached just five players in the seven-round draft. The 10 selections will give them the opportunity to add a lot of cost-controlled players to rebuild their list, or give them a chance to move up and down the board on project day.
Here is the updated list of the 49ers:
Round 1, choose 12
Round 2, choose 43
Round 3, Choose 102 (compensator)
Round 4, choose 117
Round 5, choose 155
Round 5, Choose 172 (via New Orleans)
Round 5, Pick 180 (compensator)
Round 6, choose 193
Round 7, choose 229 (via New York Jets)
Round 7, choose 239
One thing that stands out apart from the number of elections is where these elections are. The 49ers have four picks in the top 150, but only two in the top 100 after trading the third-round pick in Washington last year in exchange for Trent Williams.
With a loaded back end of the project, don’t be surprised if San Francisco uses some of those selections to climb a few times to add more premium talent. This assumes that they will complete all 10 options in the project. With a lot of rumors about possible transactions, the 49ers could end up with a different war chest by the time the sketch begins.