The San Francisco 49ers and Brandon Aiyuk have agreed on a $120 million contract that would keep the star wide receiver with the team for the next four seasons.
Aiyuk is coming off the most productive season of his NFL career, collecting a team-high 1,342 receiving yards and 75 receptions, alongside seven receiving touchdowns across 16 games.
The 26-year-old receiver was a key part of the 49ers team that made a run to the 2024 Super Bowl, however, the team eventually lost to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime.
Aiyuk had previously opted out of nearly all of the 49ers’ offseason workouts and camps, choosing to ensure his health while the two sides discussed a deal that would keep him with the team for the foreseeable future.
This extension makes Aiyuk the fifth highest-paid wide receiver in the league for total potential earnings behind Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, who signed a $120 million contract earlier in the offseason, per NFL.com.
Aiyuk is also tied for the fifth-highest-paid receiver in the league based on his yearly average of $30 million with Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, who signed a contract to remain with his franchise in December 2022.
The 49ers and Dallas Cowboys have met in the NFL playoffs multiple times over the past few seasons, with San Francisco prevailing in each of the playoff matchups en route to eventual conference championships and Super Bowl appearances.
Despite the 49ers winning previous matchups between the two teams, the Cowboys will look to flip the script with a deeper run during the 2024-25 season.
Dallas also recently re-signed superstar wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to a four-year contract extension worth $135 million, which makes him the second-highest-paid non-quarterback in the entire NFL, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The Cowboys will now have to turn their attention to quarterback Dak Prescott and linebacker Micah Parsons, who are each eligible for new contracts and could reset the market at their positions once an agreement is made.
Prescott could become the first player in NFL history to make an average of $60 million a year, while Parsons has discussed the possibility that he may become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the league, as reported by DX.