The 49ers selected Drake Jackson with the 61st overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Jackson’s rookie season may seem like a disappointment to some, considering he was inactive down the stretch and for the playoff games.
At the time, Kyle Shanahan explained the team needed more help along the interior, so San Francisco elected to have more defensive tackles active, making Jackson, an edge rusher, the odd man out.
Shanahan went into great detail Tuesday about how Jackson hit the proverbial rookie wall:
“I think Drake showed a lot this year on what he can be.