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49ers' Brock Purdy gets mobbed by hundreds of kids in visit

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It was quite the Saturday for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, who returned to his college town — Ames, Iowa — to a mob of hundreds of children attending his youth football camp.

“They’ve followed me and they still have my back,” Purdy told Rob Gray, a reporter covering the event for Iowa State fan site CycloneFanatic.com. “For them to grow up and see me playing on the field — that could be them one day. So, for me, I get choked up when I see it. It’s special.