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==Professional career==
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====2013 season====▼
Coming out of college, McDonald was projected by many analysts to be a second- to third-round selection. He was ranked the fourth-best tight end out of the 97 available in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com. McDonald was invited to the NFL Combine and was able to complete all the required workouts and positional drills. At Rice's Pro Day, he stood on his combine numbers and only participated in positional drills.
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| note = All values from [[NFL Combine]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2013 |title=NFL Draft Prospect Profile – Vance McDonald |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/vance-mcdonald/32004d43-4458-9658-1fa3-62884c020db7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171526/https://www.nfl.com/prospects/vance-mcdonald/32004d43-4458-9658-1fa3-62884c020db7 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |access-date=March 1, 2013 |website=NFL.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice TE Vance McDonald : 2013 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=103205&DraftYear=2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620094755/https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=103205&DraftYear=2013 |archive-date=June 20, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2013 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref>
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===San Francisco 49ers===
▲====2013 season====
The [[San Francisco 49ers]] selected McDonald in the second round (55th overall) of the [[2013 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Briggs |first=Jeff |date=April 26, 2013 |title=Vance McDonald selected by 49ers |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/4/26/4212738/2013-nfl-draft-results-vance-mcdonald-san-francisco-49ers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025202/https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/4/26/4212738/2013-nfl-draft-results-vance-mcdonald-san-francisco-49ers |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2023 |website=SBNation.com |language=en}}</ref> He was the fourth tight end to be selected that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2013/draft.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002095516/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2013/draft.htm |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=October 9, 2018 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> On May 24, 2013, the 49ers signed McDonald to a four-year, $3.59 million rookie contract with $1.92 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $997,584.<ref name="sportrac" />
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