It’s hard to blame a 49ers who took a peek ahead at the 2019 NFL draft after the team’s 38-27 Week 3 loss to the Chiefs. Their defensive performance warranted big questions about their long-term future on that side of the football.
Our friends at Draft Wire kindly obliged with an early 2019 mock draft that used updated Super Bowl odds after Week 3 to suss out the draft order.
San Francisco picked fifth in their mock and got some help in their secondary with LSU cornerback Andraez “Greedy” Williams. Luke Easterling of Draft Wire foresees Williams as a potential understudy to Richard Sherman.
Richard Sherman is dealing with injuries, and can’t play forever, so getting a talented cover man to groom behind him would be ideal.
Williams has all the physical tools to be a dynamite corner in the NFL. He’s still developing as a redshirt sophomore, but has good size at 6-1, 182 pounds, to go along with the speed and instincts to cover in all three levels of the passing game.
San Francisco’s defensive scheme covets a particular set of physical traits in cornerbacks, so we’ll have to see how Williams measures out in all his pre-draft workouts. In late September though, he’s a name worth watching for 49ers fans throughout the college football season.
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