For a bit revealed on Thursday, Jeff Kerr of CBS Sports activities shared some data that means the San Francisco 49ers ought to signal extensive receiver Brandon Aiyuk to a contract extension sooner reasonably than later.
“Aiyuk had 1,342 receiving yards final yr (seventh in NFL) and joined Jerry Rice as the one gamers in franchise historical past with 7+ 100-yard receiving video games in a season,” Kerr defined. “He averaged 3.1 yards per route run in 2023, the third-best price within the NFL behind Tyreek Hill (of the Miami Dolphins) and (the Houston Texans’) Nico Collins (minimal 400 routes). Aiyuk was second within the league in yards per catch (17.9) and led the NFL in share of catches going for a primary down or landing (81.3%).”
Aiyuk recorded these stats throughout the crew’s first common season that featured Brock Purdy as San Francisco’s full-time wholesome beginning quarterback. Aiyuk ended the marketing campaign with a team-high 105 targets. He, fellow receiver Deebo Samuel and working again Christian McCaffrey completed tied for the crew lead in landing receptions with seven.
As of Thursday afternoon, Aiyuk reportedly was neither near signing an extension with the 49ers nor requesting a commerce. Kerr hinted that the 26-year-old, who’s within the last yr of his rookie contract, ought to proceed to thrive in San Francisco’s offense whereas catching passes from Purdy.
“Aiyuk is the primary participant in 49ers historical past with 55+ catches, 740+ yards and 5+ touchdowns in every of his first 4 seasons,” Kerr continued. “He is eleventh in receiving yards (2,357), sixteenth in yards per catch (15.4) and tied for eleventh in receiving touchdowns (15) over the past two seasons — all whereas being the No. 2 wideout on a stacked 49ers roster.”
As not too long ago as final week, Randy Mueller of The Athletic talked about that the 49ers may lock Aiyuk down by way of an extension after which settle for calls concerning Samuel’s providers “possibly even earlier than the season begins.” Samuel is signed by the 2025 marketing campaign and (like Aiyuk) has remained the topic of some commerce rumors regardless that 49ers normal supervisor John Lynch has repeatedly made it recognized he plans to carry on to each gamers by this fall.
