It’s early, but Brock Purdy is on track to be perhaps the most valuable draft pick in 49ers history. This isn’t to say he’ll be as good as Joe Montana (a third-round selection) or anything like that, but landing a potential franchise quarterback with the final pick in the draft is the stuff team-building dreams are made of.
Purdy was chosen with the No. 262 overall pick with the hope he’d survive camp and the preseason before taking over as the practice squad quarterback. Nate Sudfeld was on track to be the backup QB to Trey Lance. Then Jimmy Garoppolo re-signed and Purdy started performing well and eventually became so valuable that the team couldn’t let him go and released Sudfeld (who they guaranteed $2 million to in the offseason) instead.
