If Kittle feels as well as he’s playing, he might take it well past 35 at this rate. With consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and 14 receiving touchdowns combined over his last two campaigns, he’s showed no signs of slowing down.
The timing of 35 is interesting, though, because Kittle recently signed a four-year extension worth $76.4 million that will keep him with San Francisco through 2029 — his age 36 season. He turns 32 in October and is enjoying a rare offseason in which he actually feels good physically, which is undoubtedly encouraging.
“The one benefit of not making the playoffs is you get an entire month off,” Kittle explained. “I haven’t had January off since 2020.
“Mentally and physically, I’m lightyears ahead of where I was the last two years, which is pretty fun.”
With 538 receptions, 7,380 receiving yards and 45 touchdowns piled up in his eight-year career — plus six Pro Bowls, two All-Pro nods and two NFC titles in hand — Kittle has plenty of reason to feel satisfied with what he’s accomplished. It isn’t a conversation he’s interested in having now, though — not until his wife and/or his body tell him it’s time to hang it up.