Terrell Owens Wants to Join Son Terique on 49ers, Compares It to LeBron James, Bronny

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVMay 6, 2024

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Terrell Owens is 50 years old and hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2010 season, but he wants the San Francisco 49ers to have an open mind when it comes to reviving his career.

That is especially true after the NFC West team signed his son, Terique Owens, as an undrafted free agent in April.

“If I could be anything like LeBron James and his son, Bronny, and play on the same team or play in the same area, sign me up,” Owens said during an appearance on 95.7 The Game (16:15 mark). “I already told Jed [York] … and I’m telling [49ers GM] John Lynch. Trust me, I am a viable option. Third downs and red zone.”

While he seemed to be having some fun with the entire topic, he said “I could still get the job done.”

The younger Owens started his collegiate career at Florida Atlantic and eventually transferred to Missouri State. He posted 28 catches for 528 yards and four touchdowns during the 2023 campaign, and his 18.9 yards per catch mark ranked 12th in the country among FCS players.

Lynch, who is the 49ers general manager and a former player, said Terique reminded him of the receiver’s Hall of Fame father.

“T.O. was out here at the local pro day and his son Terique performed really well and that was pretty cool,” Lynch told reporters last month. “I saw him running at me and I played against T.O. a lot and there was something in that stride that was very familiar. It was something about the gait. And it’s crazy how those things translate.”

Terique certainly has quite the legacy to live up to considering the older Owens is a Hall of Famer who is third in NFL history in receiving yards (15,934) and receiving touchdowns (153). He played for San Francisco for the first eight seasons of his career from 1996 to 2003 and was a four-time Pro Bowler and three-time First-Team All-Pro during that tenure.

Maybe fans shouldn’t quite rule out a ninth season with the 49ers.