Ex-Niner warns Ricky Pearsall is losing his chance to become a WR1

The career trajectory of San Francisco 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall isn't as bright as it once was as he heads into a critical third NFL season.

He's played in just 20 games over the past two seasons due to injury (some of which was time spent recovering from an offseason gunshot wound) and he's never finished a year with more than 36 receptions or 400 receiving yards. Pearsall has also only caught three touchdown passes.

That isn't what the 49ers had hoped when they drafted him No. 31 overall in 2024, and now he enters a season as, at best the 49ers second receiver option behind Mike Evans.