49ers Mailbag- A running back in round 3?

Last weekend the 49ers added 23 new players to their roster. They started by using all nine of their draft picks and followed up by adding 14 undrafted free agents.

There were a number of questions about the 49ers selections, with their decision to take a running back in the third round drawing the most attention. That’s were we will kick off our post-draft mailbag.

J_Churn, @j_churn – What possible justification is there to take a running back in the third round?

The 49ers needed to add a running back. Elijah Mitchell had a solid rookie year, but he missed six games to injury.

Trey Sermon was solid in his two starts; he put up similar numbers to Mitchell in starts against Seattle and Green…