Tag: Ricky Pearsall

49ers injury update: Practice window opened for rookie WR

Great news: WR Ricky Pearsall is back for the 49ers.

The San Francisco 49ers on Monday announced rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall’s practice window has officially been opened.

Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters after the 49ers’ Week 6 win over the Seahawks that Pearsall’s practice window would be opened ahead of Week 7.

The 49ers now have 21 days to decide whether to activate Pearsall off IR. If he’s not activated within that 21-day window his rookie season will be over.

San Francisco has a bonus practice Monday after getting the mini-bye following their Thursday night matchup with the Seahawks. Pearsall figures to participate in that session, although his level of activity won’t be clear since the team isn’t obligated to release a participation report like they will after Wednesday’s normal practice.

Monday will mark Pearsall’s first practice since being shot through the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco in early September.

It’s also unclear just how much Pearsall will play this season. He missed a large chunk of training camp with hamstring and shoulder injuries. Now he’s missed the first six weeks of the regular season.

San Francisco may utilize his entire 21-day window to ensure he’s as up to speed as possible before coming off IR.

The 49ers selected Pearsall at No. 31 overall in this year’s draft out of the University of Florida. He has yet to make his pro debut after missing all of the preseason and the first portion of the regular season.

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Ricky Pearsall will return to practice for first time since being shot

San Francisco 49ers and former Gators receiver Ricky Pearsall set to return to practice.

Former Florida football receiver and San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall will return to practice for the first time since being shot in the chest during a robbery attempt back on Aug. 31.

Luckily, Pearsall avoided damage to any of his organs and nerves and his recovery has been progressing smoothly.

“I would think it’d be a longer ramp-up period, but health-wise and everything, he is totally good to go,” 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Friday about Pearsall’s status for competing in games. “But I really won’t decide that stuff until we start watching him practice. We’re not going to rush it or anything. If he’s ready, he’s ready. And if he’s not, we’ve got a few weeks.”

Pearsall was selected by San Francisco with the 31st overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. He was the sixth receiver taken off the board and had a solid collegiate career.

Pearsall spent his first three seasons with the Arizona State Sun Devils before transferring to Florida for his last couple of seasons.

As a Gator, Pearsall played in 25 games where he had 98 catches for 1,626 yards and nine touchdowns. He had 175 rushing yards on 11 carries and three rushing touchdowns.

The 49ers are coming off a Thursday night victory over the Seattle Seahawks and look forward to seeing Pearsall join an elite wide receiver room in the weeks to come.

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49ers 1st-round pick to practice, unlikely to play Week 7 vs. Chiefs

Ricky Pearsall is practicing, but don’t expect to see him in Week 7.

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan had some extremely positive injury news in his conference call the day after the team’s Week 6 win over the Seattle Seahawks.

Shanahan confirmed a report that rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall would have his 21-day practice window opened ahead of the team’s Week 7 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs.

However, it doesn’t sound like Pearsall will suit up against the Chiefs.

“I would think it’d be a longer ramp-up period,” Shanahan said. “But health-wise and everything, he is totally good to go. But I really won’t decide that stuff until we start watching him practice. We’re not going to rush it or anything. If he’s ready, he’s ready. And if he’s not, we’ve got a few weeks.”

Pearsall suffered a gunshot wound to his chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco the weekend before the regular season began.

He went on the Non-Football Injury list after that and has been there since. Pearsall was eligible to return after Week 4.

It makes sense there’ll be a longer ramp up for the No. 31 overall pick. He had hamstring and shoulder injuries in training camp and didn’t get a ton of practice time. The club may need all 21 days in his practice window just to get him up to speed in his role after missing so much camp and the first six weeks of the regular season.

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Report: 49ers 1st-round pick to return to practice

The 2024 first round pick is reportedly set to return to practice next week.

Prior to meeting the Seattle Seahawks in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers received some positive news regarding one of their sidelined playmakers.

2024 first-round pick Ricky Pearsall has spent the first six games of his rookie campaign on the injured reserve after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest in late August. Pearsall was the victim of an attempted robbery in San Francisco where he was shot in the chest.

Before Thursday Night Football in Seattle, NFL Reporter Albert Breer provided a positive update on Pearsall’s highly-anticipated return to the field. According to Breer, the former Florida Gator is set to return to practice next week.

Via @AlbertBreer on Twitter:

Pearsall was selected in the first round of April’s NFL draft by the 49ers out of Florida. Pearsall spent most of his rookie training camp sidelined as he dealt with a shoulder injury.

In his final season at Florida, Pearsall racked up 965 yards and four touchdowns for the Gators.

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49ers have limited injury updates day after Week 5 loss

Some injury updates from Kyle Shanahan’s conference call Monday morning:

The San Francisco 49ers are up against it on the injury front following their Week 5 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Unfortunately, updates on in-game injuries were limited Monday morning. Head coach Kyle Shanahan typically speaks with reporters in a conference call Monday afternoon, but his call was pushed up to Monday morning with the truncated week thanks to the 49ers’ Thursday Night Football matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.

Shanahan did confirm kicker Jake Moody is dealing with a high ankle sprain. It’s unclear exactly how much time he’ll miss. Moody got his ankle rolled up on late in the first half of Sunday’s game while trying to make a tackle on special teams.

Strong safety Talanoa Hufanga also exited the game with a wrist injury and was ruled out shortly after leaving for the locker room. Shanahan said any firm updates on Hufanga wouldn’t come until later Monday.

As for players who were out of Sunday’s contest, the short week may make it tough for them to return.

Linebacker Demetrius Flanningan-Fowles missed the game with a calf injury and is unlikely to suit up Thursday, per Shanahan.

Wide receivers Jacob Cowing (shoulder) and Chris Conley (oblique) are still day-to-day. Both players missed Sunday’s game.

Shanahan also said first-round pick Ricky Pearsall won’t have his practice window opened during the short week. He’s continuing his rehab after being shot in the chest the week before the season started.

Running back Christian McCaffrey will also continue ramping up his rehab.

Defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos, who was placed on IR Saturday, had knee surgery and will miss four-to-eight weeks. The club hoped he could get through the injury he suffered in the preseason without having a procedure, but there’s hope he’ll return this season.

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49ers won’t activate first-round pick ahead of Week 5

The 49ers selected Pearsall with the No. 31 overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft out of Florida.

On Wednesday, the San Francisco 49ers announced they have opened the practice window for injured defensive tackle Kalia Davis who has missed the first four weeks of the season on injured reserve.

While Davis will begin practicing as he works his way back to the field, Ricky Pearsall, who is on the non-football injury list, will continue to be sidelined. The 49ers did not open the practice window for Pearsall ahead of Week 5. After four weeks, the 49ers will be able to open Pearsall’s 21-day practice window.

Via @MaioccoNBCS on Twitter:

On Aug. 31, Pearsall was the victim of an attempted robbery and was shot in the chest in San Francisco. Pearsall will continue to recover from his gun shot wound before he’s cleared to return to football activities. Pearsall also missed time in training camp and the preseason due to a shoulder injury.

Once recovered, Pearsall will compete for a spot on the 49ers’ pass-catching depth chart behind Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk and Jauan Jennings.

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WATCH: Ricky Pearsall already hanging out at 49ers practice

The 49ers practiced on Thursday with WR Ricky Pearsall in attendance.

Just days after being shot through the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco, 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall is already back at the practice field.

While Pearsall isn’t able to participate, he was seen on the practice field in street clothes holding a football during the portion of Thursday’s practice that was open to media.

Pearsall suffered a gunshot wound that went into his chest and exited out of his back. He didn’t sustain any damage to bones or organs, and general manager John Lynch said the No. 31 overall pick should be able to return to the field this season.

Perhaps the most impressive part of the video is that Pearsall doesn’t appear to be favoring his chest while he tosses the football to himself.

Pearsall was the 49ers’ first-round pick in this year’s draft out of the University of Florida. Last year with the Gators, Pearsall posted a career-best 965 receiving yards on a career-high 65 receptions. He also pulled down four touchdowns. He has yet to make his pro debut after missing all of the preseason with a shoulder injury.

The 49ers placed their rookie wide receiver on the non-football injury list which will keep him out for at least four weeks per NFL rules. It’s unclear exactly when the team will target a return for him, but his presence at Thursday’s practice is a good sign that his absence won’t be long-term.

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San Francisco 49ers stars voice support for former Gator Ricky Pearsall

“When it comes to Ricky, we’re all just so thankful he’s gonna be OK,” Niners All-Pro tight end George Kittle told USA TODAY Sports.

Former Florida football wide receiver and San Francisco 49ers first-round pick Ricky Pearsall was shot last Saturday in central SF, and fortunately, had stabilized well enough from his chest wound to be released from the hospital the following day.

Since the jarring event, a couple of his new teammates have been offering words of support to the sports media.

“When it comes to Ricky, we’re all just so thankful he’s gonna be OK,” Niners All-Pro tight end George Kittle told USA TODAY Sports when asked about Pearsall, who was discharged from the hospital Sunday after being shot in the chest. He noted that hearing the news was “wild” at the time.

However, the Niners players are not fully privy to what occurred on Saturday afternoon and in the interest of allowing their teammate to recover, have given him space in that regard.

“I don’t know all the details,” he added. “I try not to ask him, because I feel like that’s an incredibly traumatizing event that I would not anyone that I know to go through. I think Coach (Kyle) Shanahan and (GM) John (Lynch) did a great job of just reaffirming to everybody to just let Ricky know that we’re here for him if he needs anything from us and to take his time.”

Nonetheless, it is pretty clear that getting shot in the chest — in the middle of an urban center in broad daylight, no less — is a tough situation to work through. And Pearsall’s peers respect that.

“I’ve never worked with someone who’s had to go through something like that, so we’re just all here for him,” said Kittle. “And I know that’s gonna take some time for him to process. But we’re clearly thankful he’s OK.”

San Francisco’s general manager also voiced his concerns early this week.

“(W)e felt the number one thing we had to be concerned with was Ricky’s well-being physically, emotionally, mentally, and ultimately decided that the best thing for Ricky was to have a little bit of time,” Lynch said Monday.

“When we drafted Ricky, we did it for the long term. And Ricky is going to be a fantastic player here. He’s eager. He was disappointed but understood that we put him on that list and what that entails. It’s four weeks, at least. We’re just going to take this as it comes.”

As the week progressed, yet another teammate spoke about how the near tragedy has affected him and his contract negotiations coming into the 2024 campaign.

“I felt more compelled to come back after that than anything,” All-Pro left tackle Trent Williams said Tuesday, when he ended his holdout and signed a revised contract extension – the club’s last major piece of football business after wideout Brandon Aiyuk landed his own four-year extension Thursday.

“In my mind, I just wanted to get back, get around the team.”

The 36-year-old Williams said he was drawn to Pearsall, who is 12 years younger, during a brief appearance at offseason OTAs and wanted to be present for his recovery.

“Ricky stood out to me,” said Williams. “He did go out of his way to come and introduce himself to me.

“I just instantly felt his vibe and could just feel he’s such a genuine person. …I wanted to be around for that.”

About Ricky Pearsall

The 49ers selected Pearsall with the 31st pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. He spent three years with the Arizona State Sun Devils before transferring to Florida for his final two seasons.

Over 25 games as a Gator, Pearsall reeled in 98 receptions for 1,626 yards and nine touchdowns. He also added 175 rushing yards and three more scores on 11 carries.

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Ricky Pearsall update: 49ers expect rookie WR to return to field this season

The 49ers expect that Ricky Pearsall will be able to return to the field in 2024.

The San Francisco 49ers continue getting good news on wide receiver Ricky Pearsall.

General manager John Lynch told reporters in a press conference on Tuesday the team expects the No. 31 overall pick to return this season after he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest Saturday in San Francisco.

In a stroke of incredible luck, Pearsall suffered no additional damage during the shooting. The bullet entered his chest and exited his back without damaging any bones or nerves or internal organs.

Pearsall is on the Non-Football Injury list which means he’ll be out at least four weeks, but he should be able to return to play in 2024 which is remarkable given the circumstances.

When Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson was shot twice in the leg before the 2022 season, he wound up returning in Week 5, but was out for six weeks.

Lynch also said Pearsall asked right away when he’d be able to get back on the field.

Pearsall certainly won’t be rushed back into action by the 49ers. They’ll want to ensure he’s completely healed and ready to play again once he does come back. Once he does, he’ll provide quality depth in their receiving corps with some upside as a punt returner as well in Year 1. He figures to be a major part of the 49ers’ plans in 2025 and beyond.

That he’ll be able to play at all this season is incredible, though. And his return will be a welcome sight.

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Ricky Pearsall Facetimed with 49ers teammates from hospital

Ricky Pearsall Facetimed with teammates from his hospital bed, and he is now back with the team.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall didn’t waste time letting his teammates know he was okay after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest Saturday afternoon.

A suspect tried to rob Pearsall at gunpoint Saturday in Union Square in San Francisco. The wide receiver was shot through the chest during a struggle for the gun. He managed to avoid any additional injuries during the shooting, and was quickly in stable condition at the hospital.

49ers left guard Aaron Banks told reporters on Tuesday that Pearsall Facetimed the team from his hospital bed Saturday. That was also the night of the 49ers’ annual party at Kyle Shanahan’s house after final cuts. John Lynch told reporters Pearsall is now with the team per 95.7 the Game’s Jake Hutchinson.

While no 49ers directly mentioned Pearsall talked to them via Facetime, multiple players tweeted updates that the receiver was okay.

San Francisco placed Pearsall on the Non-Football Injury list Monday. He’ll be out at least four weeks, but that pales in comparison to what could have happened during the attempted robbery.

The No. 31 overall pick has yet to take the field as a pro after missing all of the preseason with a shoulder injury.

During his college career he posted 2,420 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns on 159 catches across three years with Arizona State and two more at the University of Florida.

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