Hall of Fame ring presented to Owens

Three months after Terrell Owens wasn’t in Canton, Ohio, to make his Hall of Fame induction speech, the former 49ers wide receiver was at Levi’s Stadium to accept a Hallrelated honor Thursday night.

At halftime, Owens was presented with his Hall of Fame ring by the Hall’s president,

David Baker. Owens and the other seven members of the class of 2018 will be presented with their rings at games this season.

In August, Owens became the first Hall of Famer to skip his induction ceremony. Instead, he gave a speech at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, his alma mater.

Owens remains upset that he wasn’t selected for Hall induction during his first two years of eligibility by the Hall’s 48 voters, most of whom are members of the media. Owens has first-ballot statistics: He ranks second in NFL history in receiving yards (15,934), third in receiving touchdowns (153) and eighth in receptions (1,078). But he also had a divisive personality and played for five teams.

On Thursday, Owens was asked if he had second thoughts about his decision in August to not travel to Canton.

“No, no, no — no regrets at all,” Owens told reporters. “I think if anybody knows who Terrell Owens is outside of the media portrayal of me throughout the course of my career … that I stand by what I did according to the criteria by which guys are supposed to be inducted. So when they factor in other things outside my body of work and accomplishments and that’s what prevented me from getting in ... that was an issue for me. My stats speak loudly.”

Owens, 44, was drafted in the third round by the 49ers in 1996 and spent the first eight seasons of his 15-year career with the team.

“Man, this is awesome,” Owens said. “This is really an opportunity for me to give back to the fans. I know ever since I left in 2003, I went on and did some great things. But this is where it started.” Injuries: Left tackle Kolton Miller, the Raiders’ first-round pick in April, was ruled out early in the second half with a knee injury. Miller had been playing through a knee injury since Week 3. He went down on the Raiders’ first series Thursday and was evaluated in the medical tent. He returned to start their second possession and played the rest of the first half.

Raiders left guard Kelechi Osemele returned after missing the previous three games because of a knee injury. After Miller departed, Osemele moved to left tackle with Jon Feliciano at left guard.

Niners rookie cornerback Emmanuel Moseley, who was promoted from the practice squad, sustained a shoulder injury while making a tackle on a kickoff early in the first quarter and did not return. Strong words: In an interview with Fox analyst Howie Long that aired Thursday, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden disputed the notion that players aren’t interested in playing for a team that has one win and is going through a rebuild.

“I got a cell phone just like you and everybody else,” Gruden told Long, a former Raiders defensive lineman. “And I get a lot of phone calls from people that are dying to come play here. I’m just telling you. They’re dying to play for the Raiders. And to have salary-cap space, and to have a chance to talk to the people that you really want to wear the silver and black, the guys you really want to have in the silver and black and represent this team, that’s exciting.”