NFL hopeful hides support for Trump as draft nears

Published April 11, 2019 12:06am ET



Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa is afraid to show his support for President Trump as this month’s National Football League draft approaches.

Bosa, 21, told ESPN he purged his Twitter feed of certain tweets, citing concerns about being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, the team on which Colin Kaepernick played as a quarterback and began kneeling during the national anthem — protests that have become a nationwide flash point.

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