Trevis Gipson makes most of 49ers opportunity as rollercoaster career continues

SANTA CLARA — When defensive end Trevis Gipson originally traveled to the Bay Area for a workout in late July, he was in mourning.His grandfather, Jimmie Lee Ross, had recently passed away at the age of 77. And Gipson missed the funeral in Dallas to attend a tryout with the 49ers on July 26.“He showed me the game of football,” Gipson said of his grandfather. “I had my dad in my life. He’s my father. But my grandfather was another father figure, and he helped take care of me growing up.“It’s an emotional subject, but I’m glad and appreciative that I did take that opportunity to come here because I knew he would have wanted me. I knew he would have wanted me to come here.”Before the 49ers sent Gipson back home without a contract offer, he took a little time to enter the gates of nearby California’s Great America and enjoy the amusement park.“I went to Great America and just, you know, tap back into my childhood a little bit,” Gipson told NBC Sports Bay Area. “I rode some roller coasters all by myself. But, honestly, I looked at this stadium, and I said, ‘Man, I don’t know what it is, but...