Brock Purdy, George Kittle trade Iowa State, Iowa barbs after leading 49ers to victory
After helping the 49ers to a 21-13 victory Thursday night in Seattle, San Francisco rookie quarterback Brock Purdy and tight end George Kittle joined the Amazon Prime postgame show.
Purdy, a rookie who was selected with the final pick of this year’s NFL Draft, was asked by Ryan Fitzpatrick about how his college experience has helped him since he took over earlier this month at the 49ers starter.
Purdy was a four-year starter at Iowa State.
“Being in a lot of reps, being in environments like Oklahoma, Texas, the bowl games, all that kind of stuff has led up to this kind of moment to come in here in this kind of environment,” Purdy said. “It’s not easy and so, yeah, I feel like the experience definitely helped out but I got guys around me that can make plays too. I just gotta get them the ball.”
Purdy completed 17 of 26 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns in Thursday’s victory. Both of those scoring throws went to George Kittle, who also played college ball in Iowa, just on the eastern side of the state. Kittle was a star for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Fans in Iowa took note of the Cyclone to Hawkeye touchdown combo on Thursday night.
Kittle couldn’t resist a little college jab at Purdy, too.
“How did you do versus Iowa in college?” Kittle asked his teammate.
Purdy responded: “I’m not going to bring that up.”
“He brought it up,” Kittle said, pointing to Fitzpatrick.
“Let’s graduate,” Purdy said, “let’s move on and let’s play together.”
Kittle noted: “You still wear your Iowa State gear everywhere! Jeez Louise!”
“Go Cyclones!” Purdy said.
“I don’t think he won,” Kittle said. “Go Hawks!”
Kittle is right. Purdy was 0-3 against the Hawkeyes, although the schools didn’t play in 2020 when Iowa State went to the Big 12 championship game and won the Fiesta Bowl.
Here is the exchange and if the video doesn’t play, click here.
This was a fun exchange, too.
This story was originally published December 16, 2022 at 9:01 AM.
