His father, John, was selected 16th overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 1987 NFL Draft. The following season, Miami chose his future uncle, Eric Kumerow, also 16th overall.
The Los Angeles Chargers selected his brother, Joey, 3rd overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
The Bosa brothers had nicknames growing up, with Joey's being Big Bear and Nick's as Smaller Bear.
In 2017, was the winner of the Big Ten's Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Award, becoming the fourth-consecutive member of Ohio State to win the award, following his brother, Joey (2014-15) and Indianapolis Colts DE Tyquan Lewis (2016).
Golden Nuggets
His father, John, was selected 16th overall by the Miami Dolphins in the 1987 NFL Draft. The following season, Miami chose his future uncle, Eric Kumerow, also 16th overall.
The Los Angeles Chargers selected his brother, Joey, 3rd overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
The Bosa brothers had nicknames growing up, with Joey's being Big Bear and Nick's as Smaller Bear.
In 2017, was the winner of the Big Ten's Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Award, becoming the fourth-consecutive member of Ohio State to win the award, following his brother, Joey (2014-15) and Indianapolis Colts DE Tyquan Lewis (2016).
Goldmine
Participated in the 49ers Annual Community Day, helping pack more than 31,000 nutritious meals in collaboration with Feeding Children Anywhere. The meals, along with groceries and backpacks, were distributed to those most in need in East San Jose.
• Bosa's father, John, a former Miami Dolphin, encouraged sons Nick and Joey to try other sports like tennis, golf and baseball. However, Nick only had one sport in mind, and he
let his parents know it. "Nick threw temper tantrums," John said. After successfully convincing his parents to let him play football, Nick gave everything he had to the sport. Even
as a kid on the field, he wasn't afraid to speak his mind. Early in his football career, Cheryl watched from the sideline at practice as Nick approached a coach. "I find out later they'd put Nick with the offense," she recalled. "And he walked up to this guy, totally by himself, tugged on his shirt and said, 'I don't want to play offense. I want to play defense."
College
Appeared in 30 games (10 starts) in three seasons at Ohio State (2016-18) and registered 77 tackles, 17.5 sacks, 29 TFLs, 2 PDs, 2 FFs and 2 FRs. As a junior in 2018, started all 3 games in which he appeared and finished the season with 14 tackles, 6 TFLs, 4.0 sacks, 2 FRs and 1 FF, earning All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors. In 2017, was named Big Ten Smith-Brown Defensive Line- man of the Year and an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association after appearing in 14 games (7 starts) and registering 34 tackles, 16 TFLs, a team-high 8.5 sacks and 1 FF. As a freshman in 2016, earned Freshman All-American honors by ESPN after appearing in 13 games for the Buckeyes and finishing with 29 tackles, 7 TFLs and 5.0 sacks.
Awards & Honors
2019: AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Pepsi Rookie of the Year, Sporting News Rookie of the Year, PFWA Rookie of the Year, PFWA Defensive Rookie of the Year, PFWA All-Rookie Team, NFC Pro Bowl, NFC Defensive Player of the Month (October), Defensive Rookie of the Month (October), NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 5 and Week 8)
2021: NFC Pro Bowl, PFWA All-NFL Team, PFWA All- NFC Team, Bill Walsh Award, Sporting News All-Pro
2022: NFC Pro Bowl Games, NFC Defensive Player of the Month (November), NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 13), NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 16), NFLPA First-Team All-Pro, AP First-Team All-Pro, PFWA All-NFL Team, PFWA All-NFC Team, PFWA Defensive Player of the Year, Len Eshmont Award, Hazeltine Iron
Man Award, Sporting News Defensive Player of the Year, 101 Awards NFC Defensive Player of the GOLDMINE Year, AP Defensive Player of the Year, Deacon Jones Award
2023: NFC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 10), NFC Pro Bowl, PFWA All-NFC Team, Gary Niver Award
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