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Very different Super Bowl homecomings for these two South Florida 49ers

MIAMI — Ask Nick Bosa and Azeez Al-Shaair about their adolescents in South Florida and you’ll get wildly different answers.

A mere 20 feet separate their lockers at Levi’s Stadium, but their backgrounds couldn’t be further apart. This isn’t uncommon in football. For one player, it can be a path out of poverty. For another, it could have been predestined since birth.

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But what is unique are the contrasting memories that this homecoming has elicited for the two 49ers defenders.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Upon their arrival in Miami, Nick’s mom, Cheryl, threw a welcome party for the family at their home in Fort Lauderdale.