Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.

Contacts

  • Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
  • Registration certificate 06691200
  • 16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
  • Czech Republic

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

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. I knew before we did it how I felt about the quarterbacks and how good we would be to take them at 12. …

"If we never moved up to there, we would have never had the chance to learn more about Trey. That's the hardest thing — you got to be so sneaky and stuff when you're back there because you don't want people hopping in front of you, and I had a very strong (feeling) people were going to hop in front of us."

Shanahan said there wasn't truly a moment where it clicked, and went back and forth on his quarterback decision "every day."

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones celebrates a touchdown by Rhamondre Stevenson during the second half against the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 14, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

49

Read more on foxnews.com