25 Facts About Brandon Aiyuk

Brandon Aiyuk is an American professional football wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League.

Brandon Aiyuk played college football at Sierra College and Arizona State and was selected by the 49ers in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.

Brandon Aiyuk played wide receiver, defensive back and returned kicks for the McQueen high school football team and was named first-team All-Northern Nevada and honorable mention All-State as a senior.

Brandon Aiyuk was named a Junior College All-American in his sophomore season after recording 60 receptions for 960 yards and 14 touchdowns while returning 11 kickoffs for 418 yards and two touchdowns and 14 punts for 313 yards and a touchdown.

Brandon Aiyuk finished his junior college career with 2,499 all-purpose yards and 21 touchdowns.

Brandon Aiyuk was named First-Team All-NorCal Conference and All-State after the season.

Brandon Aiyuk committed to transfer to Arizona State for the final two years of his NCAA eligibility over offers from Colorado State, Kansas, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Brandon Aiyuk chose Arizona State because it was one of the few schools that recruited him to play wide receiver; others recruited him as only a return specialist or planned to move him to the defensive side of the ball.

Brandon Aiyuk was named third-team preseason All-Pac-12 Conference going into his senior season.

Brandon Aiyuk had a career-high 10 receptions for 173 receiving yards and a touchdown in the game and his 293 all-purpose yards were the fifth-most in a single game in school history.

Brandon Aiyuk finished the season with 65 receptions for 1,192 yards and eight touchdowns, returned 14 punts for 226 yards and one touchdown and 14 kickoffs for 446 yards, and was named first-team All-Pac-12 as both a wide receiver and as a return specialist.

Brandon Aiyuk was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round with the 25th pick in the 2020 NFL draft after they acquired the pick from the Minnesota Vikings in a trade.

On June 26,2020, Brandon Aiyuk signed a four-year $12.5 million contract with the team, with a $6.6 million signing bonus.

Brandon Aiyuk became the franchise's first wide receiver since 1970 to have a rushing touchdown be their first career score.

Brandon Aiyuk became the first wide receiver since the NFL-AFL merger to record two rushing touchdowns in his first three professional games.

Brandon Aiyuk finished with 60 receptions for 748 yards and five receiving touchdowns.

Brandon Aiyuk started in all 17 games for the 49ers, in which he had 56 receptions for 826 yards and five touchdowns.

In Week 16, against the Raiders, Brandon Aiyuk had nine receptions for 101 yards and a receiving touchdown to go with a 16-yard rushing touchdown in the win.

Brandon Aiyuk had two games with two receiving touchdowns and one game going over 100 yards.

On Week 2, against the Los Angeles Rams, Brandon Aiyuk injured his shoulder on his first catch of the game.

Brandon Aiyuk was made inactive for the Week 3 match against the New York Giants.

Brandon Aiyuk had seven total games going over 100 receiving yards.

Brandon Aiyuk finished with 75 receptions for 1,342 yards and seven receiving touchdowns.

Brandon Aiyuk was ruled out for the remainder of the season.

Brandon Aiyuk finished the 2024 season with 25 receptions for 374 yards in seven games.