OT-Nick Zakelj-Fordham, 6th Round 2022 Draft

If anyone has the chance to watch his interview you should. I really like how well spoken he was and his knowledge of football. He seems really intelligent and really good at communicating I could see him being great with helping trey identify where the protections need to go and identifying blitzes that and with his athleticism hopefully he would be able to hold up in the interior. I could easily imagine him being a good center for us after learning for a year (hopefully under Mack) and having nfl trainers. don't be surprised if we don't draft center in 2023 if Mack plays this year and retires next year.

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Rookie 49ers OL Nick Zakelj is fascinated by the analytics aspect of sports. He'd never been to West Coast until yesterday, but has long geeked out over Barry Bonds' 2004 numbers on Baseball Reference (1.422 OPS !).

FWIW Zakelj believes Bonds had a Hall of Fame resume pre-2000

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) May 13, 2022

Paraag pick confirmed.

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Rookie 49ers OL Nick Zakelj is fascinated by the analytics aspect of sports. He'd never been to West Coast until yesterday, but has long geeked out over Barry Bonds' 2004 numbers on Baseball Reference (1.422 OPS !).

FWIW Zakelj believes Bonds had a Hall of Fame resume pre-2000

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) May 13, 2022

Paraag pick confirmed.

a Brown fan.. was this not that guy?

wont be surprise if he and Castro end up being the best players we drafted this year..

This dude lol

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Rookie 49ers OL Nick Zakelj is fascinated by the analytics aspect of sports. He'd never been to West Coast until yesterday, but has long geeked out over Barry Bonds' 2004 numbers on Baseball Reference (1.422 OPS !).

FWIW Zakelj believes Bonds had a Hall of Fame resume pre-2000

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) May 13, 2022

Paraag pick confirmed.

Future Paraag front office assistant.

But seriously, I like the fact that he really is an intellectual and pays attention to a lot of cerebral things. Bodes well for him if he is competing for the center position with Brendal. Kyle's centers need to be extra cerebral due to the Centers responsibilities in figuring out protection stuff.

Lynch on Nick Zakelj: "We really do believe he has center in his future."

I believe this is the reason he was kept on the 53 over Poe, even though I think most ppl would like to see/hear Poe getting reps at C. Maybe during the offseason and into next year he can get some work there. Also a little surprised we haven't added West to the PS. We still have a few spots open, maybe he will eventually be added.

Originally posted by 9moon:

Originally posted by NCommand:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Paraag pick confirmed.

a Brown fan.. was this not that guy?

wont be surprise if he and Castro end up being the best players we drafted this year..

This didn't age well:)

Originally posted by Luckycharms:
Lynch on Nick Zakelj: "We really do believe he has center in his future."

I believe this is the reason he was kept on the 53 over Poe, even though I think most ppl would like to see/hear Poe getting reps at C. Maybe during the offseason and into next year he can get some work there. Also a little surprised we haven't added West to the PS. We still have a few spots open, maybe he will eventually be added.

Interesting find. Def the reason he made the team. Thank you for posting.

Originally posted by StubbyNBY:
Interesting find. Def the reason he made the team. Thank you for posting.

Could also explain why they didn't even bring West back to the PQ.

Originally posted by StubbyNBY:

Originally posted by Luckycharms:
Lynch on Nick Zakelj: "We really do believe he has center in his future."

I believe this is the reason he was kept on the 53 over Poe, even though I think most ppl would like to see/hear Poe getting reps at C. Maybe during the offseason and into next year he can get some work there. Also a little surprised we haven't added West to the PS. We still have a few spots open, maybe he will eventually be added.

Interesting find. Def the reason he made the team. Thank you for posting.

I concur. Thanks for the post. I guess he will be competing for the C spot next year.

a 6'5" center? alex mack was 6'4" so i guess it's not crazy

Originally posted by DonnieDarko:
a 6'5" center? alex mack was 6'4" so i guess it's not crazy

It's not when your QB is 6'4"

Yea gotta be hard for a 6'5 guy to get leverage on these 6'1 wrecking balls on the d line

Not a fan of this move. Hopefully I'm wrong but I think we'd be better off looking at a higher upside rookie or FA next offseason.

Originally posted by JTB1974:
Could also explain why they didn't even bring West back to the PQ.

No one has picked West up as far as I know, even for a practice squad. I'm guessing he just didn't impress.