Brandon Aiyuk meets with 49ers, 'looking to get reinstated' - ESPN

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Though there are still obstacles to work through, the San Francisco 49ers and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk finally appear headed toward a resolution to their tumultuous relationship.

Aiyuk, flanked by his agent Drew Rosenhaus, arrived at the Niners' business offices Friday afternoon to meet with the team and begin hammering out a path toward a divorce that has been more than two years in the making.

In his first public comments to Bay Area media since his knee injury in October 2024, Aiyuk offered a brief statement before he and Rosenhaus headed into the meeting, which lasted about an hour and 15 minutes.

«I'm feeling great, feeling healthy,» Aiyuk said. «It was a long recovery process, a long rehab process, but I'm back to 100% and looking to get reinstated to the National Football League.»

Aiyuk, who tore the ACL, MCL and meniscus in his right knee against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 20, 2024, hasn't played in an NFL game since. After the Niners voided the roughly $27 million in remaining guarantees in his contract in July 2025 because he didn't show up for rehab check-ins on the knee, he stopped showing up at the team facility and landed on the reserve/left-team list in December.

From there, Aiyuk did not report for any of the offseason program or training camp. Because he is on the left-team list, the only way for Aiyuk to return to play was to apply for reinstatement with the NFL and report to the 49ers.

Aiyuk recently hired Rosenhaus to represent him, and the pair filed for reinstatement in late October. But that hasn't happened yet, in part because the 49ers have been seeking repayment of about $13 million in bonus money that was previously paid to Aiyuk, a source told ESPN. The league