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Looks like we’ve figured out who the #1 candidate on the San Francisco 49ers’ 2022 NFL Draft board is.
The story comes from an NFL source, who claims that the Niners are “extremely pleased” with this wannabe NFL player, and that they have visited with him “extensively.”
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With Whom the 49ers Were Impressed
With the draft only nine days away, according to Tony Pauline on Tuesday, April 19, the 49ers have developed an interest in Nebraska wide receiver Samori Toure.
The 6-foot-3 target, who previously played in the Football Championship Subdivision for the University of Montana, has visited with a number of other clubs ahead of the draft, including the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, and AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals, according to Pauline. Pauline, on the other hand, focused on the 49ers’ strong interest in Toure.
“The San Francisco 49ers are another club that is expressing a lot of interest in Toure. Toure’s pro day workouts were run by the team, and they were highly pleased with the Cornhusker receiver,” Pauline wrote.
Toure was passed over at the NFL Scouting Combine. He did, however, impress NFL officials, including the 49ers, who saw him do exercises during Nebraska’s Pro Day, including the tall target running the 40-yard sprint in 4.43 seconds.
Since his Pro Day, he’s drawn attention from a number of organizations, including the 49ers.
Toure has also won over writers who will be covering him in the league in the near future, including ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler, who labeled him a “intriguing pass-catching potential for clubs who need one.”
An Explanation of Toure’s Ascension
Prospects always need a pre-draft boost to solidify their case as a round one through seven possibility.
In Toure’s instance, he ended up utilizing the East/West Shrine game in Las Vegas as a motivational tool, both in rehearsal and during the game.
During a one-on-one exercise before the game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, the former Grizzly and Cornhusker displays his fast fire feet on the “hesitation release”:
Winning at the LOS starts w/ feet. Samori Touré creates separation w/ the hesitation release to gather info & push the CB back w/ his feet. This forces the CB to shoot the wrong hand, locking corner’s hips long enough for Touré to create a comfortable throwing window. pic.twitter.com/nOsu9ZVrDZ
March 27, 2022 — Cory Yates (@CoryRAanalytics)
He then helped the East team rally by doing his own rendition of a tornado alley twister:
With this second red zone goal, Toure takes advantage of the space he’s been given:
E.J. Perry connects with Samori Toure for another score for East. With 1:32 remaining in Las Vegas, the score has changed from 25-8 to 25-24. pic.twitter.com/UojQmNO61G
February 4, 2022 — Greg Auman (@gregauman)
Toure had established himself as a long strider-type wideout against Big 10 opponents before to the game. Toure showed he can still be as explosive as he was in Montana in his first taste of Football Bowl Subdivision competition.
Samori Toure will pay the Chiefs a visit in the Top 30. (WR, Neb)
WR has long strides and a slow build-up speed to get vertical.
Understands how to take advantage of CBs’ leverage and has excellent body control when reacting to the ball or mid-route.
Once he has the ball photo, he has RAC ability. twitter.com/LFXb0cAe5R
April 11, 2022 — Matt Lane (@Matty KCSN)
Toure may have only scored five goals during his stint with the ‘Huskers. But it was against an Ohio State squad that was usually laden with defensive back skill that he had his greatest game (four receptions for 150 yards in that game). On this 72-yard rush, he outran two previous highly-rated prospects in former four-star Lathan Ransom and five-star cornerback Tyreke Johnson:
Oh, that crazy twister Toure pulled in Vegas? He used the same strategy on Ransom, a predicted future first-round pick… culminating in a first-and-goal conversion to keep Nebraska in the game against a conventional college football powerhouse.
Toure has progressed from being an FCS record breaker who destroyed marks formerly held by Randy Moss (featured in this Heavy on 49ers piece), to adapting to Big 10 play, to being a draft climber, to now emerging as a top priority for the 49ers.
Does this imply that Toure will be selected at No. 61 when S.F. makes its first pick? Toure, according to Pauline, is still a late-round choice or a day three potential at most. However, he believes Toure will go much sooner than he anticipated.
“During the third day, Toure will be picked.” “I’ve given him a seventh-round grade, but some teams believe he’ll go off the board as early as the fifth,” Pauline said.
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