EmailPrintSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office issued a warrant for the arrest of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk on a misdemeanor charge of exhibition of speeding.The warrant is in reference to a video Aiyuk posted to YouTube in December, in which he appears to tape himself from the driver's seat going well over the posted 40 miles per hour speed limit on a road that runs past Levi's Stadium, the DA's office confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.A few days after posting the video, Aiyuk apologized for sharing the video of himself driving a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing on Tasman Drive, just outside of the Niners' home field."Sorry ya'll, my car content won't come with speeding anymore," Aiyuk wrote in a post to YouTube. "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! My apologies."Following the incident, the Santa Clara Police Department indicated it would investigate whether any criminal charges would be filed. The case was forwarded to the DA's office on Jan. 15.The California Post first reported the warrant being issued.The estranged wide receiver has not been with the 49ers since late last season when the team acknowledged that it placed Aiyuk on the reserve/left squad list and voided the nearly $27 million in guaranteed money remaining on his deal last July. The voided guarantees came because he failed to participate in mandatory rehab sessions for his injured right knee.The 49ers have been hoping to trade Aiyuk this offseason after general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan made it clear in January that he'd played his final snaps in San Francisco. Aiyuk has not played in a game since October 2024 when he tore the ACL, MCL and meniscus in his knee.Now that June 1 has passed, the Niners are free to trade or release Aiyuk with the remainder of the dead money owed to him split up over the next two years rather than just 2026.San Francisco's hopes of trading Aiyuk have proved futile so far. After the draft in April, Lynch said there hadn't been much movement on that front, though the Niners have been reluctant to simply release Aiyuk and give another team a chance to get him acclimated this offseason without compensation going back to the Bay Area."We're available," Lynch said then. "Give us a call. I think it's the prudent thing to do. He's an extremely talented player. He's been an extremely effective player in our league. The situation didn't work itself out here. That's not to say it can't be rekindled somewhere else. And we'd be happy to do something with anyone if the opportunity presented itself."
