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Michigan football WR Ronnie Bell drafted by San Francisco 49ers in seventh round of NFL draft

The run on Michigan football players continued when Ronnie Bell was taken No 253 overall by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the NFL draft.

He is the first offensive skill player selected from Jim Harbaugh's program in 2023.

"The biggest thing is just being valuable, being able to produce wherever you are on the field," Bell said last month after his pro day in Ann Arbor. "My job is to put myself in the best position possible and give it my all and that's all I'm going to do."

He becomes just the fifth wide receiver drafted in the Harbaugh era; joining Nico Collins in 2021 (third round, Houston Texans), Donovan Peoples-Jones in 2020 (sixth round, Cleveland Browns), Amara Darboh in 2017 (third round, Seattle Seahawks) and Jehu Chesson in 2017 (fourth round, Kansas City Chiefs).