Niner Noise

● By Peter Panacy
If you thought you finally could put aside reading another mock NFL Draft for a while, you’re dead wrong. Yes, the 2022 NFL Draft literally just wrapped up a week ago, and none of us have any clue just how the San Francisco 49ers’ 2022 draft class will pan out. We also don’t know anything about which players will rise, fall, succumb to injuries, depart via free agency, be traded and so on. And for the college prospects heading into the upcoming season? Well, they’re about as big a mystery as anything else. So, as we kickstart Niner Noise’s first mock for 2023, don’t be surprised if some players wind up falling out of the top 100 and into the ranks of the undrafted, just like former Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross, who was once considered a first-round prospect before joining the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent this year.