NFL Draft Steals: The Best Late-Round Draft Picks Since The 1970 Merger

10. Dwight Clark

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One of Joe Montana’s favorite targets, the 49ers selected Clark with the 249th overall pick of the 1979 draft. On January 10, 1982, he made perhaps the most famous catch in NFL history, known as “The Catch,” pulling down the game-winning touchdown against the Cowboys in the NFC championship game. It was his second score in an eight-catch, 120-yard effort. Two weeks later, the 49ers won Super Bowl XVI. Three years after that, Clark and San Francisco won it all again.

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