Brandon Aiyuk is coming off arguably the best season of his NFL career, finishing the 2023 campaign with seven touchdowns and a career-best 1,342 receiving yards.
Aiyuk was a 2020 first-round draft pick, and the San Francisco 49ers exercised his fifth-year option last year. So, unless he extends his contract, he’ll enter free agency after the 2024 season.
Aiyuk and his representatives appear to be pushing to work out a long-term deal, sooner rather than later.
Whether he lands an extension with the Niners or elsewhere remains to be seen. Aiyuk has been linked to a number of trade rumors.
Amid the ongoing contract dispute, Aiyuk appears to have unfollowed the 49ers on social media.
In February, 49ers general manager John Lynch shared his hope Aiyuk would remain with the franchise for the long term.
“He served us very well as a franchise,” Lynch said at the NFL scouting combine. “I think we’ve got a nice track record of extending the players that are important to us, and Brandon’s a guy we want to keep around for a long time.”
