The NFL reinstated San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk from the reserve/left squad list on Nov. 9, 2026, Tom Pelissero reported, citing the transaction wire. The league also granted San Francisco a two-week roster exemption, giving the team until Nov. 23 to make a roster move.
The exemption means Aiyuk will not count toward the team's roster until that deadline, Taylor Wirth of NBC Sports Bay Area reported. It gives the 49ers time to decide what to do with the receiver, rather than settling his roster future with the reinstatement itself.
Aiyuk returned to the team's facility on Friday, Nov. 6, seeking reinstatement after being placed on the reserve/left squad list last season, Wirth reported. David Bonilla of 49ers Webzone reported that Aiyuk met with the team Friday and reported for his physical Monday. Bonilla did not report a physical result or a date for a return to game action.
According to Bonilla, Aiyuk last played in 2024 before suffering ACL and MCL injuries. Before the Friday meeting, Aiyuk described himself as healthy, saying, "It's been a long recovery process, a long rehab process, but I'm back to 100 percent and looking to get reinstated into the National Football League."
His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to discuss where Aiyuk would play. "Don't really have any comment about where he's going to play. We'll keep that between us and the Niners. But obviously, we're here with all the right intentions," Rosenhaus said, as reported by Bonilla.
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