The San Francisco 49ers are counting on DeForest Buckner coming in and having an immediate impact on the defensive line in 2016. There are high hopes that Josh Garnett and Will Redmond will have similarly large impacts on the field in their rookie season, as the 49ers try to rebuild from their 5-11 season last year.
Of course, teams always hope that their draft picks will turn around and have great impacts right off the bat, but that’s not always the case. Some draft picks just sputter and entirely fail to launch—see, for example, Kentwan Balmer, Rashaun Woods or Kwame Harris.