Where 49ers’ 2024 NFL Draft picks stand after Chase Young trade – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

The 49ers are projected to have 11 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, even after acquiring defensive end Chase Young on Tuesday.

San Francisco gave up its own third-round compensatory pick to the Washington Leaders in exchange for Young, a league source told NBC Sports Bay Area.

The 49ers have benefited from the NFL’s compensatory formula, and they could benefit in the future with the addition of Young as well.

The Chiefs did not exercise Young’s fifth-year option, so the 49ers will have him for the rest of this season before he is scheduled for unrestricted free agency in March.

The 49ers would then receive a compensatory pick in 2025 if Young signs elsewhere as a free agent.

The 2024 third-round draft pick the 49ers will send to Washington (assuming Young passes his physical on Wednesday) is expected to be somewhere near No. 100 overall.

San Francisco received this “special compensation” selection as part of the NFL’s program to encourage minority hiring practices. The 49ers received this pick when defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans and director of player personnel Ran Carthon left the organization in the offseason.

Ryans was hired as head coach of the Houston Texans, while Carthon became general manager of the Tennessee Titans.

The 49ers are entitled to another third-round pick to lose Ryans and Carthon in the 2025 NFL Draft.

San Francisco is currently in line to acquire the maximum of four compensatory picks for net free agent losses in the offseason.

According to OverTheCap.com, the 49ers are expected to receive a third-round compensatory pick for losing Mike McGlinchey to Denver, a fifth-round signing of Samson Ebukam with Indianapolis, and sixth-round picks for Charles Omenihu (Kansas City) and Aziz El-Shaer (Tennessee).

The NFL uses a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason accolades to determine the value of free agents who switch teams. Compensatory assessments could change between now and when the NFL finalizes its draft order in March.

The 49ers have their own picks in each of the first four rounds of the draft, and they acquired an additional fourth-rounder through the August trade of quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys.

The 49ers don’t have their own picks in the fifth and sixth rounds. A fifth-round pick in 2024 goes to the Carolina Panthers to finalize the Christian McCaffrey trade, and they dealt their sixth-round pick to the Denver Broncos for defensive end Randy Gregory and a seventh-round pick.

Here are the 49ers’ projected picks in the 2024 NFL Draft:

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Third round (*compensatory)
Round 4
Round 4 (via Dallas)
Round 5 (*compensatory)
Sixth round (*compensatory)
Round 6 (*compensatory)
Round 7
Round 7 (Rams via Broncos)

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