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43. Brent Jones

Brent Jones was a Fifth Round Pick from Santa Clara, and the Tight End would only see ten Receptions in his first two years in football, although he was a member of San Francisco’s Super Bowl XXIII Championship Team.

42. Jeff Garcia

Jeff Garcia was undrafted in 1994, but the San Jose State Quarterback went up north to play in the Canadian Football League for five seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Garcia was successful in Canada, where he was a four-time CFL All-Star and was a Grey Cup Champion, and this got him signed by the 49ers to backup Steve Young.

41. Matt Hazeltine

Matt Hazeltine came from the University of California as a Fourth Round Pick in 1955, and the Linebacker remained in his native state through the majority of his pro career.

39. Ken Willard

Ken Willard was a two-sport star at the University of North Carolina, where he Fullback also excelled at Baseball, so much so that he was recruited by Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox.

38. Bruce Bosley

Bruce Bosley was a Second Round Pick from West Virginia, and in his rookie year (1956), he was playing on the defensive side of the ball at Left Defensive End.  That would be short-lived as he only played six Games in 1957, but he rebounded in 1958, now playing at Left Guard.

45. Fred Quillan

Fred Quillan was a late round pick from Oregon in 1978, and the former Duck played all of his professional games in the National Football League with the team that drafted him, the San Francisco 49ers.

40. Frankie Albert

Frankie Albert was the 10th overall pick in 1942 by the Chicago Bears, but remember, the year in question was 1942.  The Stanford graduate would serve in the Navy for World War II, and upon his return, he would opt to play for his home state for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast League, before joining the San Francisco 49ers of the upstart All-American Football Conference.

48. Dwight Hicks

Dwight Hicks began his professional career with the Toronto Argonauts, only a few hours from where he played his college ball (Michigan).  After a year in Canada, Hicks signed with the San Francisco 49ers, where he would bring passion and character.

27. Dwight Clark

The legend of Dwight Clark was cemented with one Reception, simply named "The Catch."  But fans of the San Francisco 49ers know that Clark was more than that one moment.

32. Guy McIntyre

Guy McIntyre was a Third Round Pick in 1984 from the University of Georgia, but he was not used as a starter in his first four seasons, but rather a Special Teams and role player.

36. Forrest Blue

Forrest Blue was a First Round Pick from Auburn in 1968, and after a rookie year as a backup and Special Teams player, he would prove worthy of being taken so high.

33. Charlie Krueger

Charlie Krueger was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M, which translated to a First Round Draft Selection (Eighth Overall) by the San Francisco 49ers, which would be the only team he ever played professionally for.

30. Michael Carter

Michael Carter had an incredible 1984.  Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers after his college career at SMU concluded, Carter competed and won the Silver Medal in the shotput at the 1984 Olympics, and he was a backup Nose Tackle on a Niners team that won Super Bowl XIX.  This made Carter the first man to win an Olympic Medal and a Super Bowl in the same year.

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