George Kittle shares hilarious story on welcoming Brock Purdy to 49ers

The 49ers tight end shared a hilarious story on how he welcomed Brock Purdy to team with a special shirt in his locker.

It’s clear to see the connection between George Kittle and his quarterback Brock Purdy.

Since Purdy took over under center for the San Francisco 49ers, the duo has thrived. In a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, Kittle spoke about the 49ers’ signal caller and recalled a story about how they connected when Purdy was a rookie.

Along with praising Purdy’s physical traits and making a Pokemon connection to Purdy, Christian McCaffrey and Nick Bosa, Kittle revealed a funny moment from the past when he and his quarterback first met in the locker room.

When welcoming the rookie quarterback to the team in 2022, Kittle told Eisen that he left an Iowa Hawkeyes shirt in the former Iowa State star quarterback’s locker to see how he would react.

Via The Rich Eisen Show:

Whenever we have rookies come in — there is absolutely zero hazing, but I like to banter with them to see if they’re going to talk back to me or are they going to be shy because, ‘Hey, I’m George Kittle, and I’ve been in the league for eight years now.’

So Brock’s first day, I hung an Iowa football short in his locker, which was phenomenal, and he instantly takes it out  — he’s two lockers down from me and goes ‘You put this in here, get this s— out of my locker.’ and I’m just like, ‘I’m going to like you. I absolutely know that already.’ and he just tosses it on the ground — Respect I love that.

Via @RichEisenShow on Twitter:

In 25 games with Purdy under center, Kittle has caught 104 balls to go along with 1,564 yards and 16 touchdowns. Purdy and Kittle will have the chance to grow those numbers in the pivotal upcoming 2024-25 campaign.

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