Here lies Talanoa Hufanga’s Twitter account. Established May 2015. Vacated December 2022. The bio still reads “San Francisco 49ers Safety.” Tumbleweeds in cyberspace, a place and a time he has left far behind.
The last retweet: a message from old San Francisco 49ers teammate Fred Warner during awards season in 2022, the linebacker pleading Hufanga’s case.
“Please RETWEET for my brother and I!!” Warner wrote. “He deserve to make his first ProBowl!”
Three years later, at least one thing has stayed the same from San Francisco to Denver: Hufanga’s locker room shouts his name into a void he doesn’t touch.