The speculation for what the San Franciso 49ers will do with the 11th pick in the NFL draft is over. Georgia defensive end Mykel Williams is the player the 49ers wanted and took at No. 11. He wasn't a player heavily linked to them in mock drafts until recently.

John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan were relieved that 49ers’ top pick Mykel Williams escaped the NFL Draft’s top 10 slots to land on their recalibrating defensive line.

The 2024 season did not go as planned for their San Francisco 49ers. Expected to contend for the Super Bowl, they were ravaged by injuries right from the start of the season, and they instead went from first to worst in the NFC West and saw their record plummet from 12-5 in 2023 to just 6-11 this past season.