The 49ers during the NFL draft threw an interesting wrinkle into their wide receiver depth chart when they selected WR Ricky Pearsall with the 31st overall pick. They added another layer of intrigue when they spent the 135th pick, the final selection in the fourth round, on WR Jacob Cowing.
While it’s clear there’s at least one eye toward the future for San Francisco with those picks, they also figure to factor into the 2024 depth chart somewhere. The top two spots on that depth chart are rock solid, and before the draft there weren’t a lot of questions about who would occupy the other four or five WR spots. After the draft there are plenty of things in flux in the 49ers WR corps.
Here’s a quick projection of the 49ers’ WR depth chart following the NFL draft. We didn’t include UDFAs since those signings haven’t been officially announced:
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