PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Ole Miss football wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling is the first Rebel off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft, going to the San Francisco 49ers with the first pick of the second round (33rd overall) on Friday night.

Stribling is the highest drafted wide receiver at Ole Miss since Laquon Treadwell went 23rd overall to the Minnesota Vikings in 2016, and this marks the second consecutive season that the 49ers have taken an Ole Miss wideout – joining Jordan Watkins, who was taken in the fifth round in 2025.

Stribling is also now the highest-drafted Rebel by San Francisco since Hall of Fame linebacker Patrick Willis in 2007 (11th overall).

Stribling is now the eighth Rebel receiver since 2010 to go in the first two rounds alongside Treadwell, Dexter McCluster (2010, 36th overall, Kansas City Chiefs), AJ Brown (2019, 51st overall, Tennessee Titans), DK Metcalf (2019, 64th overall, Seattle Seahawks), Elijah Moore (2021, 34th overall, New York Jets), Jonathan Mingo (2023, 39th overall, Carolina…