The 49ers have had their fair share of draft misses during Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch’s tenure with the team, but one of the most frustrating surrounds Jalen Hurd.
You remember Jalen Hurd, right?
To be honest, you’d be forgiven for forgetting about him. Hurd, having been selected as a third-round pick in 2019, never played a regular-season game for the 49ers owing to a series of injuries. He spent each of his three seasons on injured reserve, with his most memorable contributions, a pair of preseason touchdowns against the Dallas Cowboys.
He was never able to build on those hugely encouraging flashes and, though the 49ers possess an offense bursting at the seams with diverse skill-position players, Hurd represents the one that got away for San Francisco.