Thursday Trivia

NFL

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Sam Cartwright
February 08, 2024

Happy Thursday!

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Today’s Topic: Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is this upcoming Sunday and for the next few days leading up to it, we will do some trivia on the teams involved and the NFL’s grand final event. First up, the 49ers…

The 49ers have competed in 7 Super Bowls (winning 5 total) in their history and this year, they have a total of 9 players selected to the pro bowl. One of those players, QB Brock Purdy, was drafted last (Mr. Irrelevant) in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Iowa State…

Question: of their pro bowlers this year, which one was drafted the earliest?

Hint: Here’s the list of pro bowlers (answer revealed at the bottom)

  1. Nick Bosa (DL)

  2. Javon Hargrave (DL)

  3. Kyle Juszczyk (FB)

  4. George Kittle (TE)

  5. Christian McCaffrey (RB)

  6. Brock Purdy (QB) hint: it’s not him

  7. Charvarius Ward (CB)

  8. Fred Warner (LB)

  9. Trent Williams (OT)

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Answer: (In order)

  1. Nick Bosa (DL): 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 (OSU)

  2. Trent Williams (OT): 2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 (Oklahoma)

  3. Christian McCaffrey (RB): 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 (Stanford)

  4. Fred Warner (LB): 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70 (BYU)

  5. Javon Hargrave (DL): 2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 89 (South Carolina State)

  6. Kyle Juszczyk (FB): 2013 / Round: 4 / Pick: 130 (Harvard)

  7. George Kittle (TE): 2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 146 (Iowa)

  8. Brock Purdy (QB) 2022 / Round: 7 / Pick: 262 (Iowa State)

  9. Charvarius Ward (CB): Undrafted: 2018 (Middle Tennessee)

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