The 2023 regular season kicks off on Sunday, September 10 for the San Francisco 49ers as they face the Pittsburgh Steelers for a Week 1 matchup. The 49ers are entering the new season with confidence as the team retains much of the star power from the roster that propelled them to the 2023 NFC Championship Game last season.
National media outlets have great optimism for the 49ers upcoming campaign also, as ESPN ranked eight 49ers players in their predictions of the top 100 NFL players for the 2023 season, making San Francisco the most represented team on the list.
ESPN created its projections catalog by asking a panel of NFL experts to rate players based on performance expectations for the 2023 season as compared with their peers. Emphasis was placed solely on the upcoming season and predicting potential performance, rather than the players' history, career resume or positional value. Four 49ers landed in the list's top-25 players and the team's do-it-all running back Christian McCaffrey made the biggest jump in ranking of all NFL players from ESPN's 2022 list.
Here's every 49ers player who landed on ESPN's list predicting the top-100 players of the 2023 season:
- DL Nick Bosa (No. 9)
- RB Christian McCaffrey (No. 10)
- T Trent Williams (No. 18)
- LB Fred Warner (No. 23)
- TE George Kittle (No. 30)
- DL Javon Hargrave (No. 32)
- WR Deebo Samuel Sr. (No. 44)
- DL Arik Armstead (No. 75)
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LB Fred Warner
DL Drake Jackson
WR Brandon Aiyuk
QB Brock Purdy
49ers Offense
WR Deebo Samuel
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
S Ji'Ayir Brown
LB Fred Warner
DL Kevin Givens
QB Brock Purdy
RB Jordan Mason
WR Jauan Jennings, QB Brock Purdy
CB Samuel Womack III
LB Fred Warner
RB Jordan Mason
QB Brock Purdy
WR Jauan Jennings, WR Deebo Samuel
OL Jake Brendel
QB Brock Purdy
CB Samuel Womack III
49ers Offense
P Mitch Wishnowsky
RB Tyrion Davis-Price, QB Sam Darnold
CB D'Shawn Jamison
LS Taybor Pepper
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
QB Sam Darnold
LB Curtis Robinson, LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
DL Alex Barrett
QB Sam Darnold
49ers Offense
CB Isaiah Oliver
RB Tyrion Davis-Price
49ers Defense
RB Tyrion Davis-Price
LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
DL Kevin Givens
WR Deebo Samuel
CB D'Shawn Jamison
WR Ronnie Bell
RB Tyrion Davis-Price
CB Samuel Womack III
WR Chris Conley
49ers Offense
QB Sam Darnold
WR Willie Snead IV
WR Isaiah Winstead
OL Jason Poe
WR Willie Snead IV
DL Drake Jackson
LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, CB D'Shawn Jamison
LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball
RB Tyrion Davis-Price, QB Brandon Allen
49ers Offense
LB Dee Winters
QB Brandon Allen
CB D'Shawn Jamison
CB Nate Brooks
DL Drake Jackson
