keywords: mcallister 49ers saints deuce deuuuce
text: 49ERS NOTEBOOK McAllister: the star running back that got away It could have been the Candlestick crowds crooning  quot;Deuuuce quot; instead of those in New Orleans. The 49ers were enamored with Saints running back Deuce McAllister before the 2001 draft, when McAllister went to the Saints with the 23rd overall pick.