SANTA CLARA – Nick Bosa’s introductory press conference with the 49ers was more confessional than celebratory Friday, the result of his social-media history that included scrubbing controversial tweets such as one calling former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick “a clown.”
Bosa, a defensive end drafted No. 2 overall out of Ohio State, apologized for that tweet about Kaepernick as well as other insensitive posts with racist and homophobic connotations.
One post that hit home at 49ers headquarters was his “”Kaepernick is a clown” tweet on the morning of Aug. 31, 2016, just as Kaepernick’s protest during the national anthem was becoming public and a day before the 49ers exhibition finale at San Diego when he began kneeling alongside teammate Eric Reid.