49ers: Redrafting Trent Baalke's 2016 NFL Draft Class

San Francisco 49ers: Redrafting Trent Baalke’s 2016 NFL Draft Class

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell annonces DeForest Buckner of Oregon as the #7 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /

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JACKSONVILLE, FL – NOVEMBER 05: Yannick Ngakoue #91 of the Jacksonville Jaguars celebrates a play on the field in the second half of their game against the Cincinnati Bengals at EverBank Field on November 5, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Logan Bowles/Getty Images) /

EDGE. Maryland. Yannick Ngakoue. 3. player. 42.

Original Player Selected: CB Will Redmond

The pass rush was a major issue for the 49ers in 2015, as then-head coach Jim Tomsula’s squad finished with just 28 sacks, ranking 29th in the NFL.

Not having an elite-level pass-rusher hurt in a number of ways, and this pick would have been better off spent on former Maryland pass-rusher Yannick Ngakoue, whom the Jacksonville Jaguars selected with the very next pick.

This will hurt. #49ers drafted CB Will Redmond (no longer w/ SF) at No. 68 in the 2016 NFL Draft, and he was coming off an ACL tear. The #Jaguars selected EDGE Yannick Ngakoue with the very next pick, and he has 14.5 sacks in 25 games played since.
— Peter Panacy (@PeterPanacy) November 20, 2017

Ngakoue is now sitting pretty with 17-career sacks over just 26 games played, and it’s looking like he’s going to be an excellent edge rusher for the Jags for a long, long time.