Longtime San Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday.
San Francisco 49ersForever a Niner. @NBowman53 came by the #49ers facility today to inform the team he plans to retire and will be doing it as a 49er as he had always intended. Read: https://t.co/JpNRlwAkp1 https://t.co/KPJMLA1IBs
Bowman spent six-plus seasons with the Niners, who selected him in the third round of the 2010 draft, before getting traded to the Oakland Raiders in October 2017. He sat out the entire 2018 season as a free agent.