Willis is truly a special kind of man.

hes just a big kid, didnt have a childhood and hes living it now through football, amazing how you can have a perception of someone and it can all be wrong. he seems like such a warm hearted person.

Willis Bowman and Smith are the holy trinity of linebackers

Salute to the Finlay Family !!

Just when you thought you hard hardships, along comes Patrick. Love you Patrick. God bless the people who are good enough to take-in such needy, wonderful children. I'm so sorry for the loss of Patrick's brother. Please, Patrick, be careful with your money.

Almost 7 years later we Dr Dre Greenlaw in the 5th round and listening to his story made me think of Willis and then he said that Willis is who he models his game after. Thankful to have had Patrick as part of the family and I look forward to Dre Greenlaw play here in our new defense

This is a great story or resilience and a big heart. He could have let his past scar him for life, but he took it and used it as fuel. This is what a real champion looks like.

When Pain All you know, Quitting becomes impossible and succeeding becomes the only option.

I love this man, no homo. He's my hero and will be his children's hero one day. He's everybody's hero.

My mom abandoned us(4 boys) when I was 4yrs old.. my pop stepped up, struggled with drugs and yeah he disciplined us, but I knew he loved us..can't wait til this narrative is exposed for what it is..salute all my imperfect father's who did their best #loveyoupop

i wish they would stop saying "a father who used drugs" as though its the drugs that make him an asshole. my whole family used drugs and so did i, not just any drugs but crack and heroin. but im clean 4 years, married 15. and have a relatively quiet lige. an we love our children (who hopefully will never see drugs in the family home)

You can't tell me God ain't Good!

How awesome is that. Willis number in college was 49. I love this guy. One thing we can all thank Mike Singletary for!

Patrick, you're an inspiration. You were a beast on the field, but seeing this gives me so much respect for you. Hope life after football is good for you. There was a time when seeing 52 and 53 across the field from you meant you were in for a long day.

Thia story made me love Willis much more than i already did he was such a amazing person One of the best LB to ever play in the NFL so proud and honored that he was a 49er. So happy he stayed on my 49ers his whole career. Im just sad he never got his ring he really devered it

forget the blind side, this should have been a movie

SOMEBODY IN HERE CUTTING ONIONS

Looking back at this, Patrick is a true inspiration.

Glad I watched this ! Sad story but when I throw on that 52 jersey now,it will remind me of the story behind the name and number on that jersey.

P.Willis is a true leader wish there was more role models like him in the NFL or jus in everyday life salute to him and his family ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

Wow I never thought Patrick Willis would make me appreciate life, family, and friends. This e60 is very inspirational!!

As niner fan we have had great players, put patrick has always been my favorite niner and after seeing this story he has become my favorite player of all time incredible story and much love to his loving adopting parents

R.I.P DETRIS

wat a story and wat a beast! I don't think love has anything to do with blood, but love is for those who are there for u and love u unconditionally

i give Patrick Willis all respect he went through soo much💔 and to get to the NFL all respect☺💯 my dream is to become a football player💯

Another movie should be made called “The Strong Side”

This was a powerful E:60 on Patrick Willis. God bless Patrick and his family.

This why hes my favourite player in the nfl

best linebacker ive ever seen! go niners! and he's my favorite 49er! straight beast mode!

Fantastic story. Respect for him and all he had accomplish. It's an inspiration to all of us. Too bad his career stop too soon.

He deserves a ring and so does Vernon Davis

May God protect you and your family

Love Patrick I when to school with all his cousins

Hard as Granite man.

I love you Patrick!#49ersFaithful

My heart ❤️ goes out to this young man

God bless you and your family!!

wish i could get the honor* and privilege* to meet and shake the hand of my favorite player patrick willis... and i aint even a niners fan

The disappointment on his face when they lost Super Bowl 47...so close damn it but so far.

Not a 49ers fan but I wish this dude a long, prosperous and healthy career.

Good man. Period.

i grew up with him and his siblings. they definitely had a rough childhood

I bet Patricks mom is sorry she abandoned him.

His dad is not holding hisself accountable for anything...like it’s all made up 🤦🏾‍♂️. Hope he gets better and build that relationship

He will be a superbowl champ in a week

kindred spirits, that's epic

Oh o.k. that makes perfect sense. :)

great story and a great player. the whole whos better argument between bowman and willis...there isnt anyway to compare. they both pick up where the other one might not be as good. the spot where i see bowman better is pass protection. willis is good but bowman reacts better. for tackling i know bowman gets more tackles but willis is better at tackling. he can bring anybody down no matter what. he can grab a foot and bring a player down where as bowman sometimes misses very rarely but it does happen. either way they are awesome together. the fact that they are right along side of each other is just not fair in some ways.they will definitely go down as one of the greatest linebacker duos or all time

He wasn't very emotional because he's an Aquarius. He doesn't have time for that shit.

Cant judge his pop cause he prolly went threw the same thing

I love all real white peoples because they never be dead to understand that we are humans thankful to have them around in the world this was a time when racism was high in the south

Correction* Large Mouth Bass lol

yeah agreed. What about Lebron James dad as well!!

Blind Side 2 (Coming this fall ......)

I CERTAINLY WISH THEY WOULD PUT BLACK FATHERS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT THE SAME WAY THEY PUT THEM IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.

Just because Bowman had more tackles than Willis , doesnt mean his better

I'm pretty sure this is just because he covers tights.. huhu

Because I'm pissed that Navorro is getting better than Patrick :(

120 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 int, and 9 passed defended. That's iiish? I hope you ain't serious. For a team with the amount of good players on defense, those stats show that he's a pretty darn good player in 2012. Get your facts straight.

How did this get 9 dislikes? People are so stupid.

O.K. Then why write that down?

No, I wasn't serious.

He didn't do shit in 2012