49ers Select DL Mykel Williams with the No. 11 Pick | Move the Chains

With the 11th-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers have selected Georgia defensive lineman Mykel Williams.

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is a move the Chains Breaking news update on
the forty nine Ers First and ten podcast presented by
Cisco and With the eleventh overall pick in the twenty
twenty five NFL Draft, the San Francisco forty nine Ers
select Mikel Williams, defensive lineman out of the University of Georgia.
Williams brings SEC pedigree and serious production to the Bay.

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The six foot five, two hundred and sixty pound edge
rusher was a key piece on one of college football's
stingiest defenses over the past three seasons. A freshman All
American in twenty twenty two, Williams earned back to back
second team All SEC honors in twenty twenty three and
twenty twenty four, rocking up sixty seven tackles, twenty one

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and a half tackles for loss, and fourteen sacks in
his career. He turned heads at his pro day with
his four seventy seven to forty explosive get off and
powerful finish, and with thirty four and three eighth seven
inch arms, He's been a nightmare for opposing top and
with Abdul Carter and Mason Graham off the board early,
the forty nine Ers grab a dynamic disruptor at number eleven.

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William's versatility means he can line up across the defensive
front and serve as a chess piece for new defensive
coordinator Robert Sala, who's back in the Red and Gold.
He's expected to immediately compete for a starting role opposite
of Nick Bosa and with eutr Grossmato's in the mix,
the forty nine ers edge rotation just got a serious upgrade,
but the eleventh pick is now behind us. Mikeel Williams

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is a Niner in San Francisco's front seven just got scarier.
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