SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — From the day he stepped into the NFL until a foot injury forced him into retirement after eight brilliant seasons as a do-everything linebacker, Patrick Willis succeeded at the highest level.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — From the day he stepped into the NFL until a foot injury forced him into retirement after eight brilliant seasons as a do-everything linebacker, Patrick Willis succeeded at the highest level.
“I can take that deep breath now and say it's done,” Willis said back in February when he was announced as a Hall of Famer after his fifth time on the ballot and third as a finalist. Willis overcame a childhood of abject poverty and tragedy with the death of an influential uncle at age 16 and his brother before Willis' senior year of college to star in the NFL.
“He just came to work every single day,” said NaVorro Bowman, who was Willis' running mate at linebacker in San Francisco after being drafted in 2010. “He didn’t just want to learn his job, he wanted to learn everybody’s job. He approached it the right way. He was a great example to follow when I came in as a rookie. There was a never a letdown. ... He just moved the right way, approached it the right way and just was a student of the game. That’s what made him a Hall of Famer.
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