Nick Bosa, Brock Purdy and Eight More Among 49ers Team Award Recipients

Len Eshmont Award: DL Nick Bosa

The Len Eshmont Award is voted on by the players and is given to the 49ers player who best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont, an original member of the 1946 49ers team. Eshmont, who coached at Navy and Virginia following his career in San Francisco, died in 1957. The award was established that year.

Bosa is coming off a dominant 2022 season in which he recorded 51 total tackles, 19 of which were tackles for loss, and 48 quarterback hits. The defensive lineman also closed the regular season as the league’s sacks leader (18.5), one tackle shy of the franchise’s single season sack record (Aldon Smith, 19.5). Bosa added another eight tackles and a quarterback hit during San Francisco’s postseason run.

“It means a lot, especially when you sit in a room with all those guys on our team,” Bosa said. “Just the fact that I got chosen out of all the amazing people in that room, it definitely hits me pretty hard. It’s awesome.”