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Kyle Shanahan admits 49ers were torn on which quarterback to draft last year

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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The San Francisco 49ers selected Trey Lance with the third overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft — but they almost went in another direction.

Head coach Kyle Shananan told the "I Am Athlete" Podcast that there were actually two quarterbacks that the Niners had their eyes on. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Trey Lance (5) of the San Francisco 49ers and head coach Kyle Shanahan, right, of the San Francisco 49ers talk before the game against the Houston Texans at Levi's Stadium on Jan.

2, 2022, in Santa Clara, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) "There was two that I really wanted ... Mac Jones and Trey [Lance].

Those were the two guys that we were locked in on from the beginning," Shanahan said on the podcast. The Niners originally held the 12th pick of the draft but felt that they had to move up in order to get their guy. "We did the trade so early that it made me feel good about it.

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