49ers trade back with Chiefs, select CB Renardo Green with 64th overall pick

Apr 26, 2024, 6:59 PM | Updated: Apr 27, 2024, 2:03 pm

CHESTNUT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 16: Renardo Green #8 of the Florida State Seminoles breaks up a pass intended for Joseph Griffin Jr. #2 of the Boston College Eagles during the second half of the game at Alumni Stadium on September 16, 2023 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The Seminoles defeat the Eagles 31-29. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

BY AMILIANO FRAGOSO

San Francisco 49ers Beat Writer

The 49ers have been known to make out of the box moves, doing so with a bit of creative to select Renardo Green.

The San Francisco 49ers selected the Florida State cornerback with the 64th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft Friday night. SF makes the pick after trading back from 63rd overall with the Kansas City Chiefs. To do so, SF exchanged a sixth-rounder (211th) for a fifth-rounder (173rd) this year to move back one spot.

After watching a run on offensive linemen go before their pick, the 49ers choose to add an impact member of the secondary in Green.

Green is headed to the red & gold!@nado2times x #49ersDraft pic.twitter.com/3MReAmxxM1

— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) April 27, 2024

Renardo Green, 23, played five seasons at Florida State, spending time at outside cornerback, safety and nickel. He racked up 148 tackles, 22 pass break-ups, one interception and one forced fumble in 41 games played. He is well-versed in press coverage as well, spending 322 snaps over the last two seasons there (third most in the FBS). The Florida native finished with a 86.4 courage grade from Pro Football Focus, third amongst ACC CBs.

He posted a 4.49 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, with a 1.53 10-yard split. Green is known for his instincts and intangibles, playing like a dawg in the secondary.

“[The 49ers] fit me. They play like some savages. They play like some dawgs,” Renardo Green told the media shortly after being picked Friday.