San Francisco reportedly will be without its star receiver for the rest of the season.
Fox Sports' Jordan Schultz reported Monday that an MRI confirmed Aiyuk suffered a season-ending knee injury during the 49ers' 28–18 loss to theAiyuk held out for most of training camp this summer in search of a new contract extension, and he finally agreed to ain late August. He got off to a rough start this season, however, failing to record more than 48 receiving yards in six of seven games before suffering the injury.
The 49ers will turn to Deebo Samuel, Jauan Jennings and first-round pick Ricky Pearsall to pick up the slack in Aiyuk's absence. San Francisco, which entered the season as NFC favorites, is reeling to start the year after dropping four of its last six games.Tom Dierberger is a staff writer and editor on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in November 2023 after stints at FOX Sports, Bally Sports and NBC Sports. Dierberger has a bachelor's in communication from St. John's University.
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