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During Willis's 2006 senior season at Ole Miss, he received the collegiate version of the Butkus Award and the Jack Lambert Award as the nation's top linebacker. A year later as a member of the 49ers, Willis led the NFL in tackles, earned first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors while being named the 2007 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Willis ...
This season marks the return of Robert Saleh as defensive coordinator, replacing Nick Sorensen, who was fired by the team after a single season. [1] Saleh had previously coordinated the 49ers' defense from 2017 to 2020, after which he spent three full seasons as the head coach of the New York Jets before being relieved of his position midway ...
A first-round pick in 2007, Willis would have conversations with fellow San Francisco 49ers linebackers Jeff Ulbrich, Derek Smith and Brandon Moore about what happened after football. That’s ...
Detroit Lions (6-1) vs. Green Bay Packers (6-2) – 4:25 p.m. ET. What is arguably the game of the week sees an NFC North clash for the ages. The Detroit Lions, riding a five-game winning streak ...
USA TODAY Sports breaks down the winners and losers from Sunday night’s 49ers vs. Bills game.
All-America Football Conference regular season record 38 14 2 .722 AAFC postseason record 1 1 — .500 National Football League regular season record 592 512 14 .536 NFL postseason record 38 24 — .613 AAFC and NFL regular and postseason record 669 551 16 .548
From opening weekend, the 49ers looked like a Super Bowl team. 49ers wreck Cowboys. If there was any question about the best team in the NFL by Week 5, the conversation shifted after the 49ers ...
Willis played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners for five seasons. He caught 15 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. [3] Willis decided to use the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to Oklahoma for a fifth season. [4]