Patrick L. Willis is an American former professional football player who spent his entire eight-year Hall of Fame career as a linebacker with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the 49ers in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels, earning consensus All-American honors in 2006.
Willis with the 49ers in 2012
Willis in October 2008
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 km) southeast of San Francisco. The team is named after the prospectors who arrived in Northern California in the 1849 Gold Rush.
49ers team headquarters in Santa Clara
Kezar Stadium was the team's home venue from 1946 to 1970.
Joe Perry played for the 49ers for 14 seasons.
The headquarters of The DeBartolo Corporation in Boardman, Ohio, with the 49ers logo on the building, signifying the team's ownership by the Youngstown-based DeBartolo-York family