Niner Noise
FanSided

San Francisco 49ers: Post-Super Bowl 7-round mock NFL Draft

By Aaron Tan

DURHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 05: Shaun Wilson #29 of the Duke Blue Devils leaps for extra yardage against Tremaine Edmunds #49 of the Virginia Tech Hokies at Wallace Wade Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)
DURHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 05: Shaun Wilson #29 of the Duke Blue Devils leaps for extra yardage against Tremaine Edmunds #49 of the Virginia Tech Hokies at Wallace Wade Stadium on November 5, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
3 of 10
Next
LINCOLN, NE – OCTOBER 14: Offensive lineman Billy Price #54 of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks over the line against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – OCTOBER 14: Offensive lineman Billy Price #54 of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks over the line against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

Round 2, Pick No. 27: Center Billy Price

Drafting Ohio State center Billy Price late in the second round would be a classic John Lynch steal. And it very well could happen. Just like Edmunds, many NFL Draft experts are sleeping on Price, expecting him to be drafted in the second to third round.

Price is a little below-average sized for an NFL center, coming in at 6-foot-4 and 312 pounds. However, size does not matter for him. He does not let go of his blocks easily and constantly gets solid push on the defensive line — the most important quality any offensive lineman can have.

Just watch his tape versus Iowa this year and tell me you don’t see a NFL-starter capable lineman:

I actually have a first-round grade on Price because of how dominating he is at the line of scrimmage. The veteran, Daniel Kilgore, has been a serviceable option at center, but Price would be a huge upgrade and a bargain at the end of the second round of the draft.