{"id":98729,"date":"2023-04-29T18:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T18:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/the-san-francisco-49ers-used-a-third-round-pick-on-a-kicker\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T18:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T18:41:27","slug":"the-san-francisco-49ers-used-a-third-round-decide-on-a-kicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/29\/the-san-francisco-49ers-used-a-third-round-decide-on-a-kicker\/","title":{"rendered":"The San Francisco 49ers used a third-round decide on a kicker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I suppose should you\u2019re the San Francisco 49ers and also you\u2019re set at most positions, you possibly can afford to take a kicker within the third spherical of the 2023 NFL Draft. The workforce chosen Michigan\u2019s Jake Moody, who owns the Wolverines\u2019 information for factors, subject objectives, and 40-yard FGs<\/a><\/span>, 99th total. <\/p>\n

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Will Aaron Rodgers keep in Green Bay or is he New York certain?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While this isn\u2019t Sebastian Janikowski being drafted seventeenth total by the Raiders in 2000, there\u2019s likelihood Moody, the 2021 Lou Groza Award winner, would have nonetheless been on board later within the Draft.<\/p>\n

However, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan stated the workforce<\/a><\/span> needed to make the transfer when it did.<\/p>\n

\u201c…[W]hen you look at the history, the majority of kickers go in the fourth round. We didn\u2019t have a fourth-round pick,\u201d he stated<\/a><\/span>. \u201cThe guy was not going to be there in the fifth round.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2000, solely 49 kickers<\/a><\/span>, together with Moody, have even been drafted. The final kicker taken within the third spherical was Roberto Aguayo, who was a 2016 choice for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before that, the final kicker taken within the third spherical was Nate Kaeding, who was drafted by the Chargers in 2003. Both Aguayo and Kaeding received the Lou Groza Award as properly.<\/p>\n

San Fran misplaced Robbie Gould, its kicker since 2017,\u00a0to free company<\/a><\/span>. Granted, Gould is 40. The Niners traded for Zane Gonzalez, <\/a><\/span>who missed the 2022 season to damage, again in March. Moody is 23 and twice received Bakken\u2013Andersen Kicker of the Year (the Big Ten\u2019s particular groups award). He was an ideal 60-for-60 on additional factors in his collegiate profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Moody, the Niners get the player widely regarded as the best kicker in the draft,\u201d stated ESPN Staff Writer Nick Wagoner<\/a><\/span>, who added, \u201c[t]he 99th pick in the draft is rich for a kicker.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Francisco didn\u2019t decide till the third spherical, deciding on Ji\u2019Ayir Brown at No. 87<\/a><\/span> earlier than deciding on Moody 12 picks later. <\/p>\n

The New England Patriots additionally took a kicker early, drafting Maryland\u2019s Chad Ryland within the fourth spherical.<\/p>\n

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