The Santa Clara Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, Edward Lewis of the New York Post reports. Aiyuk is wanted on a misdemeanor charge of exhibition of speed.
The warrant is the result of a video Aiyuk posted on his YouTube account in December. He filmed himself driving in excess of 100 mph around the 49ers’ home field, Levi’s Stadium. Aiyuk apologized afterward, but Santa Clara police investigated the video and then forwarded the case to prosecutors on Jan. 15, according to Aidin Vaziri of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The warrant continues a strange couple of years for Aiyuk, who has not played in a game since he torn his ACL and MCL in Week 7 of the 2024 season. The injury occurred about two months after the 49ers settled a contract dispute with Aiyuk, who signed a four-year, $120MM extension in August 2024. With Aiyuk coming off a second-team All-Pro showing in 2023, the 49ers’ investment was understandable at the time. The team has gotten little from it so far, however, and it is unlikely he will ever don a 49ers uniform again.
Dissatisfied with how Aiyuk was handling the rehab process, the 49ers voided his 2026 guarantees last July. Aiyuk had a 50-day window to file a grievance through the NFLPA, but he took no action and lost around $26MM as a result. The former first-round pick spent most of last season on the reserve/PUP list, but general manager John Lynch expressed hope he would return down the stretch. Any chance of that went out the window when the 49ers placed the 27-year-old on the reserve/left squad list in mid-December.
It has been obvious throughout the offseason that San Francisco will part with Aiyuk, though the team has taken its time. Lynch has held out hope for a trade, but finding a taker has never appeared likely. Just last week, two executives from rival teams told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Aiyuk is “untradeable.” Today’s news certainly won’t do anything to improve his stock.
Although the 49ers voided Aiyuk’s guarantees, they still owe him a $25MM option bonus in early September. If they exercise the option, it would be prorated through 2030. Declining it would mean paying all of it at once. While Aiyuk is also due base salaries of $27.27MM in 2027 and $29.15MM in 2028 on his current deal, odds are the 49ers will eventually release him.
auditioning for the chiefs i see.
Na the Chiefs only consider you if you actually hit somebody when speeding or do it while drunk.
But the best way to ensure you become a Chief is domestic violence. They love them some wife beaters.
He’s not even Close to Ruggs and the other guy who’s name escapes me right now. You gotta get up to 135 to get in the game.
Rashee Rice.
No, There was just another one since him. Like in the last month. Rice is old news.
Nolan Smith. He just didn’t hit anything. He beat Ruggs by a few MPH so Ruggs wants out to re claim the title. Had to use the Google Machine for that one. Don’t trade Aiyuk to the Falcons. Georgia has lousy Driving Instructors.
Ask Ariel Young about the game.
49ers said he is un-trade-able
Yet he is arrestable
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How much you wanna bet the Niners tipped off the police in order to use his arrest as some loophole to get out of his contract completely?
LMAO
I’ll bet zero. The guy posted the video to his YouTube for all to see and it was reported on at the time. It’s not like it was a secret.
And the 49ers can release him any time they want and owe nothing as they voided his guarantees for 2026. The only reason they haven’t done so yet is because they hope another team will trade something for him.
Well it’s nice to have dreams, I guess.
LOL. I suppose if that conspiracy failed, the 49ers could always fabricate some evidence that implicated Aiyuk as the real Zodiac Killer 🙂
Hey Lemon that’s a job we could do. What do you do for a living? Well, I’m the 49ers Chief of reading the players we don’t like Facebook accounts so we can void their contracts. Six figure job or percentage? Straight commission. LOL
Sf nothing but drama.
Aiyuks downfall needs to be studied.