San Francisco 49ers’ Brandon Aiyuk is issued arrest warrant after posting speeding video

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk was issued an arrest warrant in Northern California after posting a video online that appears to show him driving at high speeds.

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Aiyuk is accused of engaging in the misdemeanor of “exhibition of speed” on a highway “on or about” Dec. 20, according to a request for an arrest warrant filed in February. The date correlates with when a YouTube video was posted to Aiyuk’s account showing him driving a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing.

He introduces the car in the video as the Cadillac’s answer to Dodge’s Hellcat model before cutting to a clip of someone behind the wheel. Aiyuk’s face is not in the clip but the driver is wearing red sweatpants, which Aiyuk was seen wearing earlier in the video.

The digital speedometer is in the frame and shows the vehicle driving as high as 111 mph at one point in the video.

Aiyuk posted an apology earlier this year, saying that he would not post car content with speeding in the future.

“Was Praying with my son tonight and wouldn’t want anybody else to miss out on an opportunity to do the same with their loved ones!” Aiyuk wrote. “My apologies.”

Representatives for Aiyuk and the 49ers did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News on Wednesday.

It’s unclear whether the warrant is active. Court records show a traffic case was filed against Aiyuk in Santa Clara County in January and remains open, but it does not have any hearings listed.

The Santa Clara County Districk Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Aiyuk is a native Californian who was drafted by the 49ers from Arizona State in 2020, serving as the second of two first round picks by the team. He signed a $120 million deal with the 49ers in 2024, just before tearing both his anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments.

The guaranteed money in his contract was voided by the team last year after Aiyuk failed to show up to rehab sessions, according to NBC Sports . John Lynch, the team’s general manager, said in January that the 49ers would be moving on from Aiyuk in the off-season, but he is still listed on the reserve squad.