It’s NFL WAG season, according to the wife of San Francisco 49ers wideout Brandon Aiyuk.
Rochelle Searight, who married Aiyuk in California in April, broke down why some NFL WAGs are “freaking out” online about training camp starting this week.
“Why do all the wives and girlfriends [of NFL players] go into a frenzy when their men report for training camp? Why is everybody online complaining? Let me give y’all some of these details on training camp and why everybody’s in a panic,” Searight said Wednesday in a TikTok video.
“This is my husband’s sixth year in the NFL. Every single season has looked different in training camp. But one thing that will never change is the men are in camp for real. They have to report to work and they have to sleep in their hotel, they have a curfew, and if they leave, they get a huge fine. It’s crazy.
“Training camp does last for multiple weeks and the women freak out because — so in my situation, I’m a mother. Now he has to abruptly leave, and [I’m] taking care of my rambunctious four-year-old by myself, who has never slept, and he is off the walls.”
Searight went on to explain that everyone’s situation is different, and some wives and girlfriends deal with the long-distance and lack of job security.
” For some other people’s situations, they’re not based in the same city that the team plays… and they stay in the Bay just during the season,” Searight continued. “The wives and girlfriends who are back home now have to get left and [their significant other] have to go report to work, go to camp. I get to see my husband every few days, they don’t get to see their man at all for like weeks.”
“Another thing, minicamp is so intense. Some of the men are not guaranteed a spot yet, they are fighting for their spot on the team. So if they don’t make this team and they end up on a different team, the family has to pack up and move. It’s just a lot.
“Abrupt training camp change is no joke, so that’s why you’ll see all of the girlies going crazy online and then social media is a fun way to just distract from that time. So no, our men aren’t our whole personality people. It just gives us a fun thing to look forward to. It’s just content.”
Searight captioned her post, “After ‘Love Island’ comes NFL Wag season. Beware y’all, we’re back. Try not to cringe.”
She works in the beauty industry and is a digital content creator with more than 257,000 followers on TikTok.
The couple has been together since at least November 2018, when she was 19 and Aiyuk played college football at Arizona State.
Aiyuk and Searight share a son, Braylon, who was born in September 2020, according to her Instagram.
Aiyuk and the 49ers agreed to terms on a four-year, $120 million extension with $76 million in guarantees last August following contentious negotiations.
San Francisco selected Aiyuk in the first round (No. 25 overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.
The 49ers open the 2025 campaign against the Seahawks on Sept. 7 in Seattle.