{"id":2192,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2192","headline":"NFL reinstates Brandon Aiyuk, but 49ers still want him gone","dek":"The league gave San Francisco a two week roster exemption to trade or release the receiver, who has not played since injuring his knee in October 2024.","body":"Brandon Aiyuk is back in the NFL's good graces, if not the 49ers'. The league reinstated the receiver from the reserve/left squad list on Monday, a year after he left the team, and granted San Francisco a two-week roster exemption that runs until Nov. 23 before he has to count against the 53-man roster.\n\nAiyuk pushed for reinstatement after hiring Drew Rosenhaus as his agent and met with the 49ers last Friday to make his case for a return. He says he is healthy and wants back in the league after more than two years out following his October 2024 knee injury.\n\nThe 49ers aren't interested. Management has made clear Aiyuk has no future with the team, a stance rooted in his unexcused departure that got him placed on the reserve/left-team list back in December 2025. That leaves two real options during the exemption window: trade him before Tuesday's deadline or release him outright. Keeping him on the roster is reportedly off the table.\n\nFor now, Aiyuk is a man with a job status but no job. The 49ers have two weeks to decide how to close the book on him.","published_at":"2026-11-10T00:04:03.683033+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"NFL Reinstates Brandon Aiyuk, But 49ers Say WR Has No Future With The Team","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-reinstates-receiver-brandon-aiyuk-to-the-49ers-after-he-left-the-team-last-year"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates WR Brandon Aiyuk from reserve/left squad list, leaving 49ers with a decision","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/nfl-reinstates-wr-brandon-aiyuk-from-reserveleft-squad-list-leaving-49ers-with-a-decision-233133186.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"NFL reinstates Brandon Aiyuk, gives 49ers 2-week roster exemption","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7768787/2026/11/09/brandon-aiyuk-reinstated-49ers-roster/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"NFL reinstates WR Brandon Aiyuk from reserve/left squad list","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-reinstates-wr-brandon-aiyuk-from-reserve-left-squad-list"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"49ers receive a roster exemption after the NFL reinstates Brandon Aiyuk","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/49ers-receive-roster-exemption-nfl-215601284.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates receiver Brandon Aiyuk to the 49ers after he left the team last year","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-reinstates-receiver-brandon-aiyuk-215835628.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates WR Brandon Aiyuk from reserve/left squad list","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-reinstates-wr-brandon-aiyuk-222232941.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL reinstates WR Brandon Aiyuk that gives 49ers a two-week deadline","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-reinstates-wr-brandon-aiyuk-223023552.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk reinstated by NFL","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/san-francisco-49ers-receiver-brandon-223311159.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"49ers’ Brandon Aiyuk officially reinstated, San Francisco given timeline to make roster move","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/49ers-brandon-aiyuk-officially-reinstated-231317957.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"San Francisco 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk reinstated by NFL. What's next?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/san-francisco-49ers-wr-brandon-001022373.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a4ab2b6/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprodamdhdliveextra.akamaized.net%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F957%2F327%2Faiyuk_new.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}