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East-West Shrine game: 5 2020 NFL Draft prospects 49ers could target

By Jeremy Wohlfart

Benny LeMay, Charlotte 49ers(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
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With a lack of picks in the middle rounds of the NFL Draft, the East-West Shrine Bowl is a good place for the San Francisco 49ers to scout talents for Day 3 of the draft. Here were five standouts for the game.

After the San Francisco 49ers use their first-round selection in the 2020 NFL Draft (barring any trades for the pick), they won’t have another pick until their fifth-round choice.

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This makes the array of college exhibitions leading up to the draft much more important than usual for San Francisco.

The East-West Shrine Bowl should be especially important, given how the players normally have late-round draft statuses. For what it’s worth: Franchise quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo impressed in the Senior Bowl with an MVP performance in 2014.

Shrine matchups aren’t usually up to the caliber that you find during big college games, or even other draft games such as the Senior Bowl (and this game was no different), but there are often players that stand out.

Teams also use the practices as an opportunity to meet with players down the road.

Here’s a list of players that the 49ers met with, according to Walter Football, such lists are normally incomplete and there are always more:

Don’t worry too much that the 49ers met with quarterbacks and punters when there’s no need to draft someone at the position. A lot of teams interview with players to get a head start on forming their 90-man preseason rosters.

The East All-Stars defeated the West All-Stars 31-27, and here are some of the players that made a name for themselves both during the game and during the practices earlier in the week.