Cheryl Bosa with sons Joey and Nick. Photo:
Cheryl Bosa/Instagram
Joey and Nick Bosa‘s mom wants to see her sons share the field in San Francisco.
After Joey, 29, was released by the Los Angeles Chargers on Wednesday, March 5, his mother Cheryl Bosa is hoping the defensive lineman will join his brother Nick, 27, on the San Francisco 49ers roster next season.
Cheryl, a luxury real estate agent in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., reshared an Instagram Story of a fan edit calling for the 49ers to sign Joey.
“Can we get a petition going on bringing [Joey Bosa] to the Bay,” the Story said over a motion-animated edit showing photos of Cheryl with her sons and the brothers in their St. Thomas Aquinas High School football jerseys.
Playing for their high school in 2012 was the only time Nick and Joey have been on the same team.
The post also included the hashtag #BosaBrothers and tagged Cheryl, Joey and Nick’s accounts.
Cheryl Bosa posts Instagram Story with sons Joey and Nick. Cheryl Bosa/Instagram
NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport announced Joey’s release from the Chargers in a post on X on March 5. Rapoport said letting go of the elder Bosa brother saved the team $25 million against the cap.
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Shortly after the news was announced, the Chargers posted a tribute to Joey for his time with the team. Cheryl reposted the image to her Instagram Story, writing, “Could not be prouder than [sic] my son, Joey.”
Nick, meanwhile, was drafted second overall by the 49ers in 2019 and has played his entire career in San Francisco. When he played in the Super Bowl for the second time in 2024, Nick made six tackles for the Niners, but they ultimately lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 22-25 in overtime.
Nick Bosa during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game on December 24, 2022 in Santa Clara, California. Thearon W. Henderson/Getty
In a 2019 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Cheryl told the outlet that her sons’ athletic success is “a genetic phenomenon.”
“To have two kids playing at this level, that’s crazy,” added Cheryl, whose biological father Palmer Pyle played for three different NFL teams in the 1960s, per the Chronicle . Pyle’s brother Mike also played nine seasons with the Chicago Bears and won a Super Bowl, according to Sports Illustrated.
