San Francisco 49ers Articles
John Brodie
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John Riley Brodie was born August 14, 1935.  He is a former National Football League quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, and had a second career as a Senior PGA Tour professional golfer. Bottom of FormBrodie was born in San Francisco, California. He played his college football at Stanford University. He graduated in 1956, and was selected as a consensus All-American the same year. The 49ers drafted him third overall in the first round of the 1957 NFL Draft.
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Brent Jones
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Brent Jones was born on February 12, 1963. After attending Santa Clara University, Jones was a 5th round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 1987, he caught on with the San Francisco 49ers and played in his first NFL games. Brent Jones would play tight end for the 49ers from 1987 until 1997, racking up 417 catches for 5195 yards and 33 touchdowns.
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San Francisco 49ers 2008 NFL Draft Grade
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San Francisco actually didn't do a bad job. They didn't get anyone who has that wow factor but did a great job at drafting "meat and potatoes" type players. With the loss of Bryant Young to retirement they had to address a 3-4 end; they got him in round one with Kentwan Balmer. He could turn out to be a nice player but really only had one good year at North Carolina. Chilo Rachal and Cody Wallace are both future starters in the interior offensive line and should see action early in the season with the loss of Smiley in free agency and David Baas who had surgery on his torn pectoral.
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