SANTA CLARA >> Teddye Buchanan is in touch with the 49ers’ history, having been in Candlestick Park’s stands for their 2011 team’s NFC Championship Game loss.

Today, Buchanan will come to Levi’s Stadium for the 49ers’ local pro day with other NFL Draft candidates.

The 49ers have not drafted a Cal player since defensive end Andre Carter in the 2001 first round, and that could change with Buchanan, who excelled as a Cal linebacker last year upon transferring from UC Davis.

“It’d be really cool just to get the chance to play there,” Buchanan said after Cal’s pro day two weeks ago. “I’ve watched the Niners all my life. I’ve been to Niners games. I was at the NFC Championship in 2012 at Candlestick.”

He now hopes to help solve the 49ers’ linebacker shortfall and line up next to three-time All-Pro Fred Warner, whom he calls “the new prototype” at linebacker. Buchanan sees himself more like Warner than former 49ers starter Dre Greenlaw, who left in free agency last month for the Denver Broncos.

“(Warner) is who I’m compared to and I feel he’s the ultimate linebacker right now,” Buchanan said. “We have similar body types. Similar play styles.”

Warner was drafted in the 2018 third round (No. 70 overall) after measuring 6-foot-3 and 236 pounds at the NFL scouting combine.

Buchanan’s chiseled, Bosa-esque frame is 6-2, 233 pounds.

Buchanan, however, is projected more as a Day 3 draft pick, and he simply noted that he’ll be happy “wherever the chips fall.”

His stock likely climbed at the combine, where he led linebackers in the jumping drills (40-inch vertical; 10 ½-foot broad) and bench press (26 reps; tied with Oklahoma State’s Nick Martin).

He ranked as the ninth-fastest linebacker (4.6-second 40-yard dash; 1.59-second 10-yard split).

He’ll stand on those numbers rather than further audition for the 49ers while still attending their pro day, according to his agent.

“I feel like teams are happy with what I put on at the combine,” Buchanan said. “I showed I’m a dynamic athlete that can do a lot of things on the field, and they were happy with the position drills. I was happy to come out of Indy doing what I wanted to do.”

Buchanan is a Palo Alto native and St. Ignatius High-San Francisco graduate who transferred to Cal after three years at UC Davis.

He was Cal’s leading tackler last season (114 tackles, third in the ACC).

The 49ers may be in his backyard but they’re his second-favorite team, behind the Washington Commanders, the favorite of his father, Arron Smith.

Added Buchanan: “My dad is from out there. But I did like the Niners. I’m hoping. That would be really cool.”

Carter, by the way, also went to high school in the Bay Area (Oak Grove High) before attending Cal and being drafted (No. 7 overall) by the 49ers.

He totaled 32 sacks over five seasons before finishing out his 13-year career with Washington (2006-2010), the Oakland Raiders (2012) and the New England Patriots (2013).