Niners Love What Pettis Brings to the Wide Receiver Corps

Dante Pettis is a talented football player, but he's not one-dimensional. The son of former major league outfielder Gary Pettis is interested in art and literature and loves to paint. He's an avid reader. At the University of Washington he majored in English with an emphasis in creative writing.Yet as the new 49ers wide receiver and standout returner prepared for the NFL draft this spring, his interests outside of football apparently prompted some scouts to question his commitment to the game."I'm not shy about what I like outside of football and so a lot of people take that as like, 'Oh, maybe he's not bought into football all the way,' " Pettis said recently on a podcast with Matt Maiocco. "They'll kind of try to get that out of me, like, 'How committed to football is he?' and all of that. So I think that's the biggest thing they are trying to get. I don't know. I would say that what I wanted to get across worked."It certainly must have worked with the 49ers, who used a second-round selection on Pettis. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder was super productive for the Huskies over four seasons, catching 163 passes for 24 touchdowns while also returning 90 punts for a terrific 14.2-yard...