Recently I posted about my cousin’s son Bear being up for draft into the NFL.

Bear was drafted by the SF 49ers! The whole family is very excited and proud.

The San Francisco 49ers wasted no time taking Pascoe, the greatest Bulldog tight end in school history, with the 11th pick of the sixth round. Pascoe, a two-time All-WAC pick, set Bulldog records for touchdowns by a tight end with 10 and owns the school record for most blocked kicks with seven, 16th-most in NCAA history. Pascoe was a Mackey Award candidate for each his last two seasons and was named the Mackey Award national tight end of the month as a senior after catching a touchdown and blocking a kick against UCLA in the Rose Bowl. [Link]

The 49ers were our grandpa’s favorite team. Everyone is saying he would be so happy about this. He’d be beside himself, definitely. It has also been suggested he may have wielded some influence.

Congratulations, Bear.