DeForest Buckner said the strong bonds he made with his teammates was a big factor in returning to the #49ers:
“Since I’ve been gone, I’ve been keeping in contact with much of my guys. With Juice, George, Fred, with Nick, and Dre here and there, and deebo. Just keeping in contact over the past 6 years… the bonds we were able to form. That’s a forever brotherhood…That’s what made the decision so easy to come back. Over the years, they would say, ‘Come back home, bro,’ but you know what I mean. I have my own things I need to do in Indy, and lo and behold, I’m here.”