49ers made 'reach after reach' in 2026 NFL Draft with just one top-100 best picks

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The San Francisco 49ers traded out of the first-round of the 2026 NFL Draft and swung a few other trades throughout the draft to wind up with a decent haul of picks at their disposal. But the players they took didn't instill much confidence.

De'Zhaun Stribling was a reach, and it was only the beginning of a draft class chock-full of reaches. Overall, their 2026 NFL Draft class was a bit disappointing.

ESPN's Matt Miller, in his top-100 best picks of the draft, included just one pick from the 49ers, and it was defensive tackle Gracen Halton, who ranked 76th overall, the worst ranking of any team's best pick from Miller.

49ers have one player in ESPN analyst's top 100 best picks of FNL Draft

"The 49ers' draft class featured reach after reach, so Halton is their only representation on this list," Miller writes.

San Francisco came out of the draft with Stribling at No. 33 overall, Romello Height at No. 70, Kaelon Black at No. 90, Halton at No. 107, Carver Willis at No. 127, Ephesians Prysock at No. 139, Jaden Dugger at No. 154, and Enrique Cruz Jr. at No. 179.

This is not a very exciting draft class, as most of these selections were reaches, especially for Stribling, Height, and Black in the first three rounds.

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