The San Francisco 49ers officially announced the signing of All-Pro wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk to a $120 million four-year contract extension Friday and marked the occasion with a flurry of social media posts.
The team issued a press release about the contract extension early Friday afternoon, though the news of the deal was first reported by the NFL Network almost 24 hours earlier Thursday. The four-year extension will keep Aiyuk with the 49ers through the 2028 season.'We were thrilled to draft Brandon in 2020 and are now equally excited to have him in the fold for years to come,' President of Football Operations and General Manager John Lynch was quoted as saying in the release.
The receiver reported to training camp in July to avoid fines, but refused to practice without a deal. Shanahan cited a back injury as the official reason earlier this summer. Aiyuk had demanded a trade to a team willing to pay him if a deal with the Niners didn't materialize. Rumors of talks with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New England Patriots, the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Browns surfaced, but none of those teams won the jackpot in the Aiyuk sweepstakes.
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