
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.