Ricky Pearsall shooting timeline, draft profile: 49ers WR details

The San Francisco 49ers are back in prime time Week 8 immediately Game “Sunday Evening Football”. against the Dallas Cowboys At home. Both teams need a win going into this match. San Francisco wants to keep pace with the top of the NFC West, and Dallas wants to stay in the playoffs.

The 49ers are dealing with injuries on offense, especially among pass catchers. Reigning second-team All-Pro wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is out for the season due to a knee injury from last week’s loss to the Chiefs. Colleague who starts wide Deebo Samuel Sr. then recovers a hospital admission due to pneumonia But Practicing on Thursday.

Juan Jennings did not practice this week due to a hip injury that kept him out of last week’s game. Tight end George Kittel also missed practice with a foot injury.

San Francisco’s depth will be tested on Sunday. The 49ers may need a lot of snaps from the rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsallwho missed the first six weeks of the season after support a gunshot wound to his chest at the end of August during an attempted robbery.

Here’s what you need to know about Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, including his shooting and scouting report recovery.

Ricky Pearsall shooting timeline

August 31, 2024: Pearsall is shot in the chest during an attempted robbery while walking through the Union Square area of San Francisco on his way to an autograph event. The 17-year-old gunman reportedly tried to steal Pearsall’s watch, and both were shot in the process.
September 1, 2024: Pearsall is released from San Francisco General Hospital.

September 2, 2024: San Francisco places Pearsall on the reserve/non-football injured list.
September 9, 2024: Pearsall was on the sideline during the 49ers’ opening game against the New York Jets. During the match, the first responders who helped Pearsall at the scene of the robbery were honored.

October 19, 2024: The 49ers upgrade Pearsall from the reserve/NFI list to the active roster.
October 20, 2024: Pearsall makes his NFL debut against the Kansas City Chiefs. He has three catches for 21 yards on five targets and receives an ovation from the home crowd after his first career reception.

Scouting report by Ricky Pearsall

San Francisco selected Pearsall No. 31 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Florida. He was the sixth of a record seven wide receivers selected in the first round.

Scouting reports praised Pearsall’s route running, reliable hands and toughness. His biggest negatives were his lack of top speed and age (24 years old as a rookie). Lance Zierlein of NFL.com wrote Pearsall “seems to be playing with an idea of how to manipulate certain coverage looks and leverage… but lacks the ideal foot speed to beat the pressure and maintain separation.”

“Pearsall wasn’t a home run hitter on tape, but he’s a reliable receiving option with the route speed and ball skills to quickly become a favorite target for an NFL quarterback,” The Athletic’s Dane Brugler wrote in his report. “He has the skills and strength to work both inside and outside and take points to the next level.”

Here’s how Pearsall fared at the 2024 NFL scouting combine:

40 meter sprint: 4.41 seconds (1.57 second 10-yard split)
Vertical jump: 42 inches
Broad jump: 10 feet, nine inches
3-cone drill: 6.64 seconds
20-meter shuttle: 4.05 seconds
Bench press: 17 reps

Where does Ricky Pearsall come from?

Pearsall is from Chandler, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. His father, Rick Pearsall Sr., played college football at Northern Arizona, and his mother, Erin, played volleyball. Pearsall Sr. coached his youth football team and is a captain in the Phoenix Fire Department.

Pearsall was a three-star recruit at Corona del Sol High School. He started his college career at Arizona State and received offers from Air Force, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona and UC Davis.

He played in all 13 games as a true freshman alongside future 49ers teammate Aiyuk. After three seasons at Arizona State, Pearsall transferred to Florida for his final two seasons of college football and led the Gators in receiving yards in both seasons.

49ers WR depth chart

Here’s what the rest of the wide receiver depth chart on the active roster looks like, excluding Pearsall, Jennings and Samuel Sr.:

The 49ers also have wide receivers Trent Taylor, Malik TurnerAnd Terique Owens on the practice squad.