Fact Check: Did Brandon Aiyuk Let an Ice Cream Cone Melt on Him During a 9-Minute IG Live?

Brandon Aiyuk has not played in the NFL since October 2024, even though the knee injury he suffered back then typically does not take over a year and a half to heal. In the meantime, all we have heard or seen from Aiyuk in the news has been negative and not related to his footballing ability or injury.

Aiyuk was called out by a streamer named N3on for demanding $100k for a collaboration recently. This type of stuff has led many to believe an even more recent — and strange — story about the disgruntled wideout.

Claim: Brandon Aiyuk did an Instagram Live stream that went for nine minutes and featured the San Francisco 49ers wideout letting an ice cream cone melt all over his hand.

Source of the Claim: A post on X that garnered over 13k likes, 680 retweets, and over 390 replies. It came from an account called Adam Ferrell NFL.

Concern continues to grow regarding disgruntled WR Brandon Aiyuk.

Late Friday evening, Aiyuk went on Instagram Live and let an ice cream cone melt all over him for the entirety of the 9-minute stream. pic.twitter.com/EbIsbA2Wnn

— Football Crave (@FootballCravee) February 21, 2026

 

Verdict: False. The rumor that Brandon Aiyuk did a nine-minute-long Instagram Live stream where he let an ice cream cone melt all over his hand is false.

The bio for the Adam Ferrell NFL account, which originally made the post, identifies itself as a parody account. However, it is still tricking thousands of people with its comedy of posts/reports.

The quality of Aiyuk’s doctored photo certainly contributed to the legs this fake story had during the 24-hour NFL offseason news cycle. They’ll really grab for anything these days, so everyone should remain vigilant and be discerning about which online sources to believe.

Aiyuk’s position with the 49ers has been under massive scrutiny for a while now. Generally, players who tear multiple ligaments in a knee usually return at some point during the following season.

There’s a reason the 49ers, who gave him a four-year, $120 million deal just months before the injury, placed him on the “reserve/left squad list” in mid-December. Unless he completely forwent rehab, his knee should be healed by now.

Despite receiving the big contract he held out for in the summer of 2024, the rumbles coming out of the Bay Area suggest he’s still not happy, which is why he has not returned from his knee injury.

A video of him revving up his car and speeding at 100+ mph by Levi’s Stadium back in December, when his status within the team was still a major question, did not help the situation. To sum it up, Brandon Aiyuk has no trouble holding an ice cream cone without it melting all over him. He’s arguably got much bigger problems than that right now.