Mardy Gilyard, WR - Cincinnati
Pick made by BlueVol03:
Gilyard can help immediately with the Niners return game, establishing much better field position than they have had in recent years. Gilyard was electric returning kicks for the Bearcats including a dynamic return in the Oklahoma game. He has good vision and does a good job of finding his lanes and following his blockers. Not too shabby for a kid who was living out of his car just a few years ago. He should also find playing time in the slot at receiver. He's not a #1 receiver type but should be able to find the holes in the zone out of the slot.
I considered taking Dexter McCluster with this pick based solely on what I watched him do to my Vols. However, I went with Gilyard who has had more success in the return game and seems ready to play out of the slot right now.
Gilyard's Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft
First Round picks for the 49ers: Joe Haden, Mike Iupati
The Chiefs, and sanders_fan89, are on the clock...
First Round:
Pos | Team | Player | Pos | School | Drafter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Louis | Jimmy Clausen | QB | Notre Dame | TouchdownColts |
2 | Detroit | Russell Okung | OT | Oklahoma St. | coltsfan723 |
3 | Tampa Bay | Ndamukong Suh | DT | Nebraska | TheAngelsColts |
4 | Washington | Sam Bradford | QB | Oklahoma | Colts Homer |
5 | Kansas City | Eric Berry | S | Tennessee | sanders_fan89 |
6 | Seattle | Gerald McCoy | DT | Oklahoma | shake n bake |
7 | Cleveland | Earl Thomas | S | Texas | 2ndBlueGeneration |
8 | Oakland | Bruce Campbell | OT | Maryland | LovinBlue |
9 | Buffalo | Bryan Bulaga | OT | Iowa | Cassieper |
10 | Jacksonville | Rolando McClain | LB | Alabama | peytonsthebest |
11 | Denver | Derrick Morgan | DE | Georgia Tech | JPBarnett |
12 | Miami | Dez Bryant | WR | Oklahoma St. | fpacheco |
13 | San Francisco | Joe Haden | CB | Florida | BlueVol03 |
14 | Seattle | Charles Brown | OT | USC | shake n bake |
15 | N.Y. Giants | C.J. Spiller | RB | Clemson | gizzardfanny |
16 | Tennessee | Jason Pierre-Paul | DE | South Florida | Addai Another Day |
17 | San Francisco | Mike Iupati | G | Idaho | BlueVol03 |
18 | Pittsburgh | Kyle Wilson | CB | Boise St. | LV Steelers Fan |
19 | Atlanta | Brandon Graham | DE | Michigan | fiftycal2004 |
20 | Houston | Dan Williams | DT | Tennessee | Aerostar193 |
21 | Cincinnati | Sean Weatherspoon | OLB | Missouri | FineClub |
22 | New England | Jared Odrick | DE | Penn State | skywalker |
23 | Green Bay | Trent Williams | OT | Oklahoma | bracketismyboy |
24 | Philadelphia | Jerry Hughes | OLB | TCU | TehRhino |
25 | Baltimore | Jermaine Gresham | TE | Oklahoma | SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs |
26 | Arizona | Sergio Kindle | DE/OLB | Texas | NYKings |
27 | Dallas | Anthony Davis | OT | Rutgers | SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs |
28 | San Diego | Ryan Mathews | RB | Fresno State | chad72 |
29 | N.Y. Jets | Golden Tate | WR | Notre Dame | diagenesis |
30 | Minnesota | Maurkice Pouncey | G/C | Florida | DClark#44 |
31 | Indianapolis | Devin McCourty | CB | Rutgers | mgrex03 |
32 | New Orleans | Carlos Dunlap | DE | Florida | palco |
Second Round:
Pos | Team | Player | Pos | School | Drafter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
33 | St. Louis | Ricky Sapp | DE | Clemson | TouchdownColts |
34 | Detroit | Jahvid Best | RB | California | coltsfan723 |
35 | Tampa Bay | Everson Griffen | DE | USC | TheAngelsColts |
36 | Kansas City | Terrence Cody | DT | Alabama | sanders_fan89 |
37 | Philadelphia | Taylor Mays | S | USC | TehRhino |
38 | Cleveland | Jonathan Dwyer | RB | Georgia Tech | 2ndBlueGeneration |
39 | Oakland | Tyson Alualu | DT | California | LovinBlue |
40 | San Diego | Rob Gronkowski | TE | Arizona | chad72 |
41 | Buffalo | Eric Norwood | OLB | South Carolina | Cassieper |
42 | Tampa Bay | Damian Williams | WR | USC | TheAngelsColts |
43 | Miami | Nate Allen | FS | South Florida | fpacheco |
44 | New England | Brandon Spikes | LB | Florida | skywalker |
45 | Denver | Brian Price | DT | UCLA | JPBarnett |
46 | N.Y. Giants | Daryl Washington | LB | TCU | gizzardfanny |
47 | New England | Koa Misi | LB | Utah | skywalker |
48 | Carolina | Corey Wootton | DE | Northwestern | Bullard47 |
49 | San Francisco | Mardy Gilyard | WR | Cincinnati | BlueVol03 |
50 | Kansas City | sanders_fan89 | |||
51 | Houston | Aerostar193 | |||
52 | Pittsburgh | LV Steelers Fan | |||
53 | New England | skywalker | |||
54 | Cincinnati | FineClub | |||
55 | Philadelphia | TehRhino | |||
56 | Green Bay | bracketismyboy | |||
57 | Baltimore | SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs | |||
58 | Arizona | NYKings | |||
59 | Dallas | jules62 | |||
60 | Seattle | shake n bake | |||
61 | N.Y. Jets | diagenesis | |||
62 | Minnesota | Dclark#44 | |||
63 | Indianapolis | mgrex03 | |||
64 | New Orleans | palco |