Updated at 4:44 p.m., Saturday, April 28, 2007
49ers select top linebacker No. 11 overall
Advertiser Staff
The San Francisco 49ers, picking No. 11 overall in the first round of today's NFL Draft, selected Mississippi inside linebacker Patrick Willis.Willis is 6-feet-1 1/2 and 240 pounds with 4.38 speed. Willis is considered a tackling machine who is always around the ball or making the tackle.
The 49ers have former Hawai'i linebacker Jeff Ulbrich on the team. He was a backup at the end of the year.
