The San Francisco 49ers have traded former starting quarterback Shaun Hill to the Detroit Lions in exchange for a seventh round pick in the 2011 draft, according to multiple sources.

Hill was 10-6 as the 49ers starter, with 3,490 yards, 23 TD’s, 11 INT’s, and an 87.3 QBR.

He entered 2009 as the starter but was eventually supplanted by Alex Smith, when the 49ers signed David Carr to be their backup quarterback, it made Hill the odd man out.

The going rate for a proven backup quarterback seems to be a 7th round pick this off season; former Seahawks quarterback Seneca Wallace was traded to the Cleveland Browns for a conditional 7th rounder that could turn into a 6th based on playing time.

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