NFL Draft Selections: Ducks 3, Beavers 1

Four players from the two Oregon Pac-10 schools were selected in this year's NFL Draft:

Oregon Ducks

Second Round:  T. J. Ward, safety, selected by the Cleveland Browns (38th overall selection)

Third Round:  Ed Dickson, tight end, selected by the Baltimore Ravens (70th overall selection)

Fourth Round:  Walter Thurmond, cornerback, selected by the Seattle Seahawks (111th overall selection, pick acquired from the Tennessee Titans)

Oregon State Beavers:

Seventh Round:  Sean Canfield, quarterback, selected by the New Orleans Saints (239th overall selection)

Saturday Picks

Here are the players that the San Francisco 49ers selected Saturday on the third and final day of the NFL Draft:

Sixth Round:

Anthony Dixon, running back, Mississippi State (173rd selection overall)

Nate Byham, tight end, Pittsburgh (182)


Kyle Williams, wide receiver, Arizona State (206)

Seventh Round:


Phillip Adams, defensive back, South Carolina (224)

NFL Draft: Niners Friday Picks

Friday, during the second day of the NFL draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected:

Second Round:  Taylor Mays, Free Safety, Southern California (49th selection overall).  The ex-Trojan who played for (now Seattle Seahawks coach) Pete Carroll had dreamed of following in the footsteps of fellow former Trojan (and 49ers Hall of Famer) Ronnie Lott.

Third Round:  Navorro Bowman, Outside Linebacker, Penn State (91st selection overall, selection acquired from San Diego)

Niners Pick Offensive Help In Draft

With their two first-round selections in the National Football League draft on Thursday night, the San Francisco 49ers selected offensive Anthony Davis from Rutgers with the 11th overall pick and offensive guard Mike Iupati from Idaho with the 17th overall selection.

This may be seen as a vote of confidence for starting quarterback Alex Smith.