San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy found wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It hasn’t quite been a year since Brock Purdy took over as the San Francisco 49ers’ starting quarterback. It has, however, been 17 games, which means Purdy’s sample is no longer small.
Not that Purdy has time to worry about such career benchmarks. That’s why the second-year quarterback was surprised when informed Sunday after San Francisco’s 34-3 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars that he now had a full season’s worth of starts under his belt.
“I didn’t know that,” Purdy told ESPN. “It went quick. That’s crazy to think about.”
Purdy made his first NFL start on Dec. 11, 2022, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coincidentally, he will start his second cycle through the league Sunday against those same Bucs, whom the 49ers host Sunday at Levi’s Stadium (4:05 p.m. ET, Fox).
