DeForest Buckner Signs Rookie Deal With 49ers

Say what you will in regards to San Francisco's quarterback circumstance. The Niners have their issues, however they additionally have their first-round pick under contract.

NFL Media's Rand Getlin reported Friday that DeForest Buckner has marked his freshman contract with the 49ers, per a source acquainted with the arrangement. The group later affirmed the marking.

A player the 49ers "urgently" pined for before the draft, the 6-foot-7, 291-pound Buckner fell into San Francisco's lap with the seventh-general pick.

A year ago's Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Buckner worked as a physical miracle for Oregon's resistance, biting through hostile linemen and frequently resembling a man among young men. The Niners trust he'll do likewise in a front seven that will combine him with previous Oregon end Arik Armstead - another 6-foot-7 example who played well last season.

"His comp will be Calais Campbell or Arik Armstead yet I believe he's more skilled turning out than both of those folks," one NFC Regional Scout told NFL Media's Lance Zierlein before the draft. "He's double the player Armstead was turning out."

Just before the draft, Armstead campaigned for the group to pick Buckner, saying, per CSN Bay Area: "On the off chance that we wind up playing together once more, that would be great. That is my person. We spur each other."

It's a promising unforeseen development for a Niners safeguard that saw a crowd of players abandon, resign and blur away before last season.