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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) /
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ARLINGTON, TX – DECEMBER 29: Uchenna Nwosu #42 of the USC Trojans looks on after participating in a skirmish in the second half of the 82nd Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic between USC and Ohio State at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 24-7. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX – DECEMBER 29: Uchenna Nwosu #42 of the USC Trojans looks on after participating in a skirmish in the second half of the 82nd Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic between USC and Ohio State at AT&T Stadium on December 29, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. Ohio State won 24-7. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) /

Round 4, Pick No. 28: Linebacker Uchenna Nwosu

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. I will never forget standing on the USC sideline at the Pac-12 Championship watching Uchenna Nwosu stopping the Stanford running back on 4th-and-goal, making a game-changing play for the Trojans and leading them to victory.

It was a great play by Nwosu that gave him a lot of recognition. But really, he’s been doing it all year for the Trojans. Nwosu has been terrorizing opposing offensive lines against the run and the pass all season long. He plays with this fierce intensity and possesses high level of competition that gives him this amazing speed on the field.

Nwosu plays with a high motor and great toughness — characteristics John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan like in a player. It’s hard not to see him as a great fit on the 49ers, who need to quickly replace Eli Harold at outside linebacker.