San Francisco 49ers 2014 NFL Draft Picks

The San Francisco 49ers 2014 draft have 12 new draft picks to fill some of their needs and provide some depth to their special teams department. Jimmie Ward, the safety out of Northern Illinois, can be used like Tyrann Mathieu of the Arizona Cardinals. The versatile defensive back will be the nickel back in passing downs and also the third safety along with Antoine Bethea and Eric Reid.

The 49ers is obviously building through the draft and let their rookies learn behind the veterans. They drafted 7 defensive players and 5 offensive players emphasizing a better defense to rival the reigning champs Seattle Seahawks. Let's take a look at San Francisco 49ers 2014 NFL draft picks:

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 2014 NFL DRAFT PICKS
Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	30	Jimmie Ward	S	Northern Illinois
2	57	Carlos Hyde	RB	Ohio State
3	70	Marcus Martin	C	USC
3	77	Chris Borland	ILB	Wisconsin
3	100	Brandon Thomas	G	Clemson
4	106	Bruce Ellington	WR	South Carolina
4	129	Dontae Johnson	CB	North Carolina State
5	150	Aaron Lynch	OLB	South Florida
5	170	Keith Reaser	CB	Florida Atlantic
6	180	Kenneth Acker	CB	SMU
7	243	Kaleb Ramsey	DL	Boston College
7	245	Trey Millard	FB	Oklahoma

After the draft, the 49ers signed undrafted free agents like Shayne Skov, a highly-touted inside linebacker from Stanford, to partner him with the drafted Chris Borland to form a Willis-Bowman type of tandem. Here are the San Francisco 49ers 2014 undrafted free agents:

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 2014 UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS
Position	Player	School
LB	Morgan Breslin	USC
TE	Asante Cleveland	Miami
G/C	Dillon Farrell	New Mexico
QB	Kory Faulkner	Southern Illinois
G	Fouimalo Fonoti	Michigan State
S	James McCray	Catawba College
LB	Shayne Skov	Stanford

The roster of the San Francisco 49ers is the most talented team on paper after the 2014 NFL draft, let us see how their rookies will translate coming into the next season and see them contribute to their another super bowl run.