It didn't take long for Arizona State's Brandon Aiyuk to jump on social media after hearing his name called late in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday. The first message the 6-foot wide receiver sent out was a photo himself as a smiling 4-year-old dressed in a maroon San Francisco 49ers sweatshirt.
Sometimes things just work out.
It was indeed the 49ers that selected him with the 25th pick in the first round.
Aiyuk watched the virtual draft with his family at their Reno, Nevada home.
"My mom's been a huge 49ers fan her whole life, so that kind of bled on me a little bit when I was younger,” Aiyuk said in a press conference call with the media shortly after the selection.