If you’re visiting the Kittle household in the future, don’t be surprised to see Claire Kittle’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover plastered all over the walls.
George Kittle was asked where he was going to hang up the cover and he said, “Everywhere.”
“Wallpaper, probably cover my fridge,” Kittle said. “We’ll just put it everywhere.”
Claire was among a star-studded list of NFL WAGs who are a part of the February 2026 digital SI Swimsuit Issue cover, which also included Brittany Mahomes (wife of Patrick Mahomes), Normani (fiancée of DK Metcalf), Haley Cavinder (fiancée of Jake Ferguson), Ronika Love (wife of Jordan Love) and Christen Goff (wife of Jared Goff).
The 49ers tight end gushed over his wife and her inclusion on the digital cover for the iconic brand.
“I was so excited. The only negative is that it came out at 5 a.m. this time and we woke up to look at it, which I was excited for. Which was a blast,” Kittle said of his wife. “She had an opportunity and she’s just crushing it. And people are like, ‘Oh wow, Claire is cooler than you.’ I’ve been saying it for 10 years, like my wife’s cooler than me, now you guys are starting to believe me.”
Claire joked to Sports Illustrated Swimsuit that now both she and her husband have been on an SI cover.
“In college, my husband was on the cover of Sports Illustrated for football,” she said. “So now, I get to have one, too.”
The pair first met in college in 2012 and they married in 2019.
Kittle suffered a devastating Achilles injury during the 49ers’ wild-card win over the Eagles.
The 49ers were knocked out of the playoffs the following round when they fell to the Seahawks.
Kittle played in 11 games in 2025, recording 57 catches for 628 yards and seven touchdowns, while also making one catch for six yards in the playoffs.