Matt Maiocco's NFL mock draft 5.0: 49ers select UCF edge rusher Malachi Lawrence
NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco breaks down his NFL mock draft 5.0 and who he has the San Francisco 49ers selecting at pick No. 27.
Matt Maiocco's NFL mock draft 5.0: 49ers select UCF edge rusher Malachi Lawrence originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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In our final mock leading up to the twenty twenty-six NFL Draft, the 49ers select with the number twenty-seven overall pick, defensive end Malachi Lawrence from Central Florida.
The 49ers were able to scratch one urgent need off of their list as they signed Trent Williams to a two-year deal.
So that takes care of left tackle through the twenty twenty-seven season.
49ers now shift their attention to improving the weakest area on the team last year, twenty sacks in seventeen games, ranking far and away worst in the entire NFL.
Lawrence last year had seven sacks at Central Florida, but he has so much more potential than that, and he has so much potential to add to those numbers at the next level.
He is a physical marvel, six foot four and a half, two hundred and fifty-three pounds.
He ran a four five two forty at the NFL Scouting Combine, including an incredible get off of one point five nine seconds with his ten-yard split.
The addition of Lawrence gives the 49ers what they need, a dynamic edge rusher opposite of Nick Bosa.
