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Nick Bosa suffered a torn right ACL during Week 3 of the 2025 season, and the San Francisco 49ers defensive end is hopeful that he can be more effective on the football field than he was before the injury.
Per Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, the surgeon was able to repair some tendinitis that Bosa suffered when he tore his ACL in high school.
“I had a little tendinitis from my high school ACL, and he cleaned that up while he [fixed] my ACL,” Bosa said. “That's gone. So it’s like an improvement.
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"So once I'm through this rehab, I feel like my right knee — because that was kind of a chronic issue that I had a little bit, and he cleaned that up in my quad tendon and that hasn't been an issue at all — could feel better when I'm done with this recovery.”
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Bosa suffered a torn left ACL in 2020. He came back strong, recording what was then a career high 15.5 sacks, 21 tackles for loss and 52 tackles in 2021. He'd go on to record a career-high 18.5 sacks in 2022.
There's a good possibility Bosa will have a similar return during the 2026 regular season now that he's feeling agile.
Bosa believes he'll be able to move better with less mass on his legs this season, which could give him more power via speed.
“This is a speed game, I'm a power rusher, but speed creates power, and the way you can move is everything," Bosa said. "So I think there's something to, ‘I move better when my legs aren't quite as massive.’ I kind of have that feeling right now.”
Bosa, 28, is the focal point of the pass-rush for the 49ers. Having him return to All-Pro form would be huge for new defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as San Francisco tries to keep up with the heavyweights of the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams.
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