With the NFL Draft coming up, much talk has been made about who the San Francisco 49ers will select early on, as they have two first-round selections at Nos. 13 and 31. Along with talk of draft prospects on their radar, pre-draft is always a time to remember past draft picks.
The position group which has eluded the organization the most in the past two decades is the defensive back spot. The team had success at drafting for the position group in the 1980s and 1990s, and names like Ronnie Lott, Eric Wright, Eric Davis and Merton Hanks are some that come to mind when thinkings of DBs drafted in those decades.