SF 49ers post-Super Bowl 7-round mock NFL Draft
Just 10 picks later, the SF 49ers finish off their 2021 NFL Draft with another player for their defensive line.
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Like Shaka Toney, Buffalo’s Malcolm Koonce was a highly productive college player with a relentless motor. He ended his career with 17 sacks in 38 games, including five in six games this past season.
Koonce also racked up 22.5 tackles for loss during his career, utilizing his quickness and burst off the edge to wreak havoc in opposing teams’ backfields.
He has experience as both a hand-on-the-ground pass-rusher and a standup outside linebacker, although he only has three career pass breakups, suggesting he’d need seasoning in coverage against smaller, quick running backs that would be his responsibility in that position.
But as a depth pass-rusher, Koonce could provide a good burst as a reserve pass-rusher or potentially as an interesting fit in a NASCAR package of some kind.
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The SF 49ers were most successful when they were able to stack strong defensive lineman on top of their elite players like Bosa and Armstead, so adding yet another, even at this point in the year, could help them continue to field a strong unit on that side of the ball.