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49ers Defensive Superstar
Patrick Willis Signs@ Sports Gallery! |
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May 8, 49ers Defensive Superstar Patrick Willis made a very special (and VERY
popular) signing appearance at Sports Gallery Palo Alto. |
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Willis is a beast on defense for the San Francisco 49ers. The Linebacker out of
Mississippi was the 11th overall pick in the 2007th draft and has been tearing
up the NFL ever since. At Mississippi, Patrick was awarded SEC Defensive Player
of the Year, first team All-SEC, consensus first-team All-American, and was the
winner of the prestigious Dick Butkus Award, given to the most outstanding linebacker
in college football. And Patrick kept it going in the NFL. In his first NFL game,
Willis recorded 11 tackles, including 9 solo, and a forced fumble as the 49ers
defeated the Arizona Cardinals in dramatic fashion by a score of 20-17. Willis
finished the 2007 campaign with an NFL-leading 174 total tackles, being selected
to the Pro Bowl, along with NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year, NFL Defensive Rookie
of the Year, and First Team All-Pro by the Associated Press. Patrick was the only
rookie in the NFL to make the AP All-Pro squad and the first Defensive Rookie
from the 49ers to make the Pro Bowl since Ronnie Lott in 1981. And in 2008 &
2009, Willis did it all over again, once again being voted to the Pro Bowl, this
time as a starter. Says 49ers coach Mike Singletary referring to Ray Lewis and
Patrick Willis: "I've coached two of the greatest
linebackers — one that has already proven to be one of the greatest and one
who will prove to be, barring health issues." He's THAT
good...and only getting better! |
| | Signing
for over an hour, it is clear Patrick is HUGELY popular with 49er fans. And why
not? He's a REALLY good football player (see above), recently signed a long-term
contract with the team, and is great with the Faithful. A very cool guy that has
a good chance of going down as one of the all-time 49er defensive greats. |
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out our photos from this special event below. And please visit sportsgalleryweb.com
in the future for information on upcoming
in-store
appearances and signings. |
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| | | | Thanks
very much to Patrick for a very entertaining afternoon in downtown Palo Alto.
And, as always, thanks to all the Niner Faithful that made this such a popular
event. Also a big thanks to Sam Cain for many of the cool photographs on this
page. Go Niners! |
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Sponsored by
Sports Gallery
Thomas A. Kelley Investments
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