The San Francisco 49ers have had bad luck at the wide receiver position for ... well, for some time. They’ve had the most luck with veteran pickups in the vein of Anquan Boldin, and even going back to Isaac Bruce for a short time. But as far as drafting players, they’ve been fairly poor at it.
It hasn’t been a point of focus in free agency either, save for when they acquired Torrey Smith, and that signing turned out to be a bust. Smith may have some potential and he may go on to do great things, but he was never a fit for what the 49ers were doing and was eventually out-performed by an afterthought pickup in Jeremy Kerley.