Eric CrockerFeb 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.
Said on air, transcribed by us · Locked On 49ers (podcast)Hear the original
1 of 6calls landed1 hit · 5 misses · 1 waiting
19.8Average accuracyout of 100, across 6 calls
50A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge
6 of 7Settled1 still waiting
1Waitingnot graded yet
What Eric Crocker said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI'm gonna pull rank. We're gonna figure it out. We're gonna mess the door with the first pick.
- Where it was said
- Locked On 49ers (podcast)
- The episode
- 49ers LIVE Listener 7-Round Mock Draft
- The original
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- SaidFeb 16
- GradedOct 1
- 1Bo 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.”
- 2Demond 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.”
- 3Drew Bowery to be picked “fourth round” (picks 101–140)“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.”
- 4Bud 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”
- 5Akheem 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”
- 6Sam 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.”
- 7Malachi 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.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Stevens to be picked at number 1331 | Mock Draft Picks | Went undrafted | 0 | 50 | +40 | |
| Demond Claiborne to be picked at number 1382 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 198 | 7.43 | 50 | +40 | |
| Drew Bowery to be picked “fourth round” (picks 101–140)3 | Mock Draft Picks | Went undrafted | 0 | 50 | +40 | |
| Bud Clark to be picked at number 924 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 64 | 29.73 | 50 | +40 | |
| Akheem Mesidor to be picked at number 275 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 22 | 80.52 | 50 | +40 | |
| Sam Roush to be picked at number 1716 | Mock Draft Picks | Went 69 | 1.2 | 50 | +40 | |
| Malachi Fields to be picked “round two”7 | Mock Draft Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 calls · 1 hit · 5 misses · 1 waiting | 19.8 | 50 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naiveworse than naive7 checkable claims — 7 mock draft picks — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 8 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
6 of 7 have settled so far, averaging 19.8 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Their call against what happened
overall pick133They said
undraftedWhat happened
Their call against what actually happened.
1Mock Draft PicksBo StevensSan Francisco 49ers
Bo Stevens to be picked at number 133
What happenedWent undraftedmocked at 1330Miss · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Bo Stevens
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 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:
- 90
2Mock Draft PicksDemond ClaiborneSan Francisco 49ers
Demond Claiborne to be picked at number 138
What happenedWent 198mocked at 1387.43Miss · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Demond Claiborne
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 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:
- 90
3Mock Draft PicksDrew BowerySan Francisco 49ers
Drew Bowery to be picked “fourth round” (picks 101–140)
What happenedWent undrafted0Miss · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Drew Bowery
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 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 101–140)
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 90
4Mock Draft PicksBud ClarkSan Francisco 49ers
Bud Clark to be picked at number 92
What happenedWent 64mocked at 9229.73Miss · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Bud Clark
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 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:
- 90
5Mock Draft PicksAkheem MesidorSan Francisco 49ers
Akheem Mesidor to be picked at number 27
What happenedWent 22mocked at 2780.52Hit · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Akheem Mesidor
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 32
- accuracy:
- 80.52
- baseline:
- 50
- actual pick:
- 22
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- pick accuracy:
- 80.52
- predicted pick:
- 27
- weeks left when called:
- 0
- mock ordering score:
- 90
6Mock Draft PicksSam RoushSan Francisco 49ers
Sam Roush to be picked at number 171
What happenedWent 69mocked at 1711.2Miss · naive 5090this mock’s order−50a shuffled mock=40better than naive×1difficulty=+40skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- draft:
- 2026
- naive:
- a shuffled mock scores 50
- skill:
- 40
- player:
- Sam Roush
- season:
- 2025
- zero credit this far off:
- 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:
- 90
7Mock Draft PicksMalachi FieldsSan Francisco 49ers
Malachi Fields to be picked “round two”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
- All
The take as a whole
the average of 6 settled calls, each counted once
19.8naive 50
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