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PFF Projects the 49ers to Pick OT Armand Membou in Round 1

Membou would be a grand slam pick for the 49ers.
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Mar 2, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Missouri offensive lineman Armand Membou (OL28) during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Mar 2, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Missouri offensive lineman Armand Membou (OL28) during the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

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San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers have a great draft position.

They currently own the 11th pick, but two to three quarterbacks could get taken before them -- Pro Football Focus projects Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders and Jaxson Dart to be the first three picks simply because teams are desperate for passers.

Meanwhile, it's possible the 49ers rank none of those quarterbacks in the top 11. Which means they could get the eighth- or ninth-best player on their board. And in PFF's latest mock draft, they end up with Missouri offensive tackle Armand Membou, arguably the best tackle prospect this year.

"A road-grading right tackle, Membou dominated in his final college season with a 90.6 PFF overall grade," writes PFF analyst John Kosko. "He excelled in pass protection, earning an 82.2 PFF pass-blocking grade on true pass sets and an 87.4 zone PFF (run)-blocking grade. Membou’s range on reach blocks is exceptional and should fit Kyle Shanahan's varied run scheme."

Membou would be a grand slam pick for the 49ers. He would allow them to move Colton McKivitz to the bench, where he belongs. He's much better suited to be a swing tackle than a starting right tackle.

It's unclear if he can move to left tackle one day, but drafting an elite right tackle with the 11th pick would be a win. Keep in mind, Penei Sewell is a right tackle and he's one of the best players in the NFL.

Still, I expect the 49ers top draft a defensive lineman with their first pick considering they released three starters from that unit last week and signed zero replacements.

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Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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