The kid rushed onto the field as the teams were warming up. Shanahan explained that he didn’t notice anything was unusual until he heard a young voice call his name. Niners long snapper Taybor Pepper later tweeted that the kid stood in awe when he made it in front of the coach and went, “Kyle Shanahan WOOOOOAH,” before a team staff member directed him towards security.
“That scared the hell out of me,” Shanahan said. “That threw me off so bad, I didn’t know what was going on. Now I feel bad. I wish I pounded the kid -- respect.