The videos of Drake Jackson doing backflips into a swimming pool or crazy workouts in the gym will never get old. It’ll be easy to root for an uber-athletic edge rusher who is nowhere near his ceiling.
But what are realistic expectations for the second-round pick? The 49ers have taken a defensive lineman with their first pick in 2015, ‘17, ‘19, ‘20, and ‘22. So let’s take a look at how each of those rookies performed.
Arik Armstead only started one game in 2015, finishing the season with three tackles for loss and ten QB hits.