Eric Crocker · Feb 16, 2026
Acting as the decision-maker in a listener-driven seven-round 49ers mock draft, Crocker selected Akeem Mesidor in the first round, Malachi Fields in the second, Bud Clark in the third, then Jude Bowery, Bo Stevens, Demond Claiborne and Sam Roush.
“I'm gonna pull rank. We're gonna figure it out. We're gonna mess the door with the first pick.”
said on air, transcribed by us · Locked On 49ers (podcast) · read the original →
7 checkable claims from this
Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.
- Mock Draft PicksBud ClarkSan Francisco 49ersFeb 16, 2026
Bud Clark to be picked at number 92
“The forty niners now on the clock. At pick 92... So I'm gonna go bug Clark. We are taking ability traits”
Miss · 30Scored 29.73 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Bud Clark
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 29.73
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 64
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 29.73
- predicted pick:
- 92
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
Akheem Mesidor to be picked at number 27
“Here we are, Croc, now at pick 27... We're gonna mess the door with the first pick... Akeem Mesador, out of Miami, by the way, the pick in the first round”
Miss · 0Scored 0 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Key Messador
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- 27
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
- Mock Draft PicksDrew BowerySan Francisco 49ersFeb 16, 2026
Drew Bowery to be picked “fourth round” (picks 97–140)
“Drew Bowery, right there. He he is an office to tackle that we plan to play inside... Jude Bowery, offensive tackle from Boston College. And then Bo Stevens, a guard from Iowa with the first two fourth round picks.”
Miss · 0Scored 0 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Drew Bowery
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- fourth round (picks 97–140)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
Demond Claiborne to be picked at number 138
“Final pick of round four here. Pick one thirty eight... I think you have to go for speed at the running back position... I think that's Claymore... Demond Claiborne. Speed.”
Miss · 7Scored 7.43 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Demond Claiborne
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 7.43
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 198
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 7.43
- predicted pick:
- 138
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
- Mock Draft PicksSam RoushSan Francisco 49ersFeb 16, 2026
Sam Roush to be picked at number 171
“And then Sam Rausch, six five, two hundred sixty pound tight end out of Stanford. In the fifth round, pick one seventy one.”
Miss · 1Scored 1.2 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Sam Roush
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 1.2
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 69
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 1.2
- predicted pick:
- 171
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
- Mock Draft PicksBo StevensSan Francisco 49ersFeb 16, 2026
Bo Stevens to be picked at number 133
“Round four, pick one thirty three. Bo Stevens, a guard... Double up. Both Stevens and Bowery in, with the first two picks of the fourth round.”
Miss · 0Scored 0 on this pickthis mock ordered the draft 75 against a shuffle’s 50+25 skillHow this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 25
- player:
- Bo Stevens
- season:
- 2025
- zero at:
- undrafted
- outcome:
- went undrafted in 2026; has not appeared on an NFL roster
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- undrafted
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 0
- predicted pick:
- 133
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 75
Malachi Fields to be picked “round two”
“let's go with Malachi Field... You get him here in the second round... In round two to the San Francisco forty niners, that card has been turned in.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.