Kittle, Juszczyk unite at TEU as 49ers star targets Week 1 return

49ers Talk: A San Francisco 49ers Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Football, Matt Maiocco, Sports, Nfl, San Francisco 49ers

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

George Kittle co-hosts Tight End University for the sixth consecutive summer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, giving NFL tight ends an opportunity to train, study film and network. On "49ers Talk," Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan discuss how Tight End University has grown and developed over the last six years. They also assess where the 49ers' star tight end stands in his rehab from an Achilles tear last season and if he's on track to make his season debut in Week 1.

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0:19.0	This might be the slow time on the NFL calendar, but not for one prominent 49ers player.
0:26.1	This is George Gittle's time to shine, even as he continues physical therapy on his torn Achilles' tenure.
0:32.8	Jennifer is in Nashville for the annual Titans University, and she will give us all the latest from there.
0:38.9	Also, is Brandon Ayuk any closer to getting back on the field?
0:43.3	He has clearly made it known for which team he hopes to resume his career.
0:47.6	We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers talk coming at you right now.
0:52.8	Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC
0:56.7	Sports Bay Area.com introducing your hosts Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan. All right, this is
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1:19.1	drive away worry free. I'm Matt. She's Jennifer. And Jennifer, I mean, nothing says football
1:24.7	season like having each one of your ears kind of banged on by goalposts, which it looks like that's happening there.
1:35.6	It is.
1:36.3	I'm here at Vanderbilt Stadium.
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1:41.8	Oh, you just went, by the way, Jennifer, you just went from Eddie Pinnero right down the goalpost to Jake Moody, wide left.
1:50.5	Oh, ouch, ouch.
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