<
        >

          NFL Nation

          49ers projected to have 12 draft picks next year

          • Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 4, 2015, 08:00 AM ET
            Close
              Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role - writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area as a multi-platform reporter, covering the Raiders and Oakland Athletics as well as anchoring the SportsNet Central cable news show. Gutierrez votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame and is also a member of the Professional Football Writers of America and currently serves as the PFWA's Las Vegas chapter president. He is also a member of the California Chicano News Media Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Gutierrez has authored three books: Tommy Davis' Tales from the Dodgers Dugout, 100 Things Raiders Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die and If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Raiders Sideline, Locker Room and Press Box with Lincoln Kennedy. You can follow Paul on Twitter @PGutierrezESPN
            Follow on X

          SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- It was San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York who referred to his general manager, Treent Baalke, as "Trader Trent" on Twitter on Thursday night, just before the 49ers' first-round pick.

          Sure enough, the 49ers moved back a couple of spots, from No. 15 overall to No. 17, picking up the San Diego Chargers' fifth-round selection next year. Then, in the seventh round, Baalke gave Dallas a seventh-round pick in this year’s draft in exchange for the Cowboys' sixth-rounder next year.

          As such, the 49ers, who emerged from the 2015 NFL draft with 10 selections, are expected to have nine picks in 2016.

          Plus, overthecap.com forecasts the 49ers could have as many as three compensatory selections, which would give them 12 picks next year.

          Here’s where the 49ers' picks for next year currently project:

          1. First round: Own selection

          2. Second round: Own selection

          3. Third round: Own selection

          4. Fourth round: Own selection

          5. *Fourth round: Compensatory selection?

          6. Fifth round: Own selection

          7. Fifth round: San Diego selection acquired in first-round deal Thursday

          8. *Fifth round: Compensatory selection?

          9. Sixth round: Own selection

          10. Sixth round: Dallas selection acquired for 49ers' seventh-rounder Saturday.

          11. *Sixth round: Compensatory selection?

          12. Seventh round: Own selection