49ers Draft Day 2: Dante Pettis is ‘four-down’ player as TD threat

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“In the meantime, he’s going to be a very good punt returner, too,” Shanahan said. Very good, indeed. Pettis enters the NFL after returning a NCAA-record nine punts for touchdowns in his career at Washington. A punt returner may not sound as glamorous as a wide receiver but it’s certainly a dynamic role that should bolster the 49ers’ special teams, a unit which helped inspired the last playoff runs in 2011-13. More special-teams help could come from the 49ers’ other two draft picks Friday, the third-round selections of linebacker Fred Warner and defensive back Tarvarius Moore, although Warner might thrust himself into a key defensive role if Reuben Foster’s legal woes linger. All three players

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