Not long after Ricky Pearsall was upgraded from serious but stable condition to fair condition, more good news has emerged regarding the 49ers rookie wide receiver. He has been released from the hospital Sunday afternoon, The Athletic’s Matt Barrows reports.
Pearsall was shot during an attempted robbery on Saturday. Per Erin Pearsall, Ricky’s mother, the bullet entered his chest and exited through his back without hitting any vital organs. She added that her son is in good spirits. The first-round pick will continue recuperating away from the hospital.
A statement from the San Francisco Police Department indicated Pearsall, 23, was shot in the chest while on his way to a signing event. The shooting took place in San Francisco’s Union Square. A struggle for the gun took place, and both he and the suspect, a 17-year-old male, were shot. A discharge occurring so soon after the shooting represents great news for Pearsall, all things considered.
The former Florida and Arizona State wideout had been expected to play a key role on this year’s 49ers team, but that is certainly on hold while the prospect recovers. The 49ers are well positioned at wideout this year, though their wait on Pearsall’s on-field development is obviously not the main focus right now.
It is too soon to speculate on when Pearsall will be able to resume his playing career. The 49ers drafted him on the same day in which Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel trade talks occurred. Those discussions continued to Day 2 of the draft, but John Lynch closed the book on them post-draft. Pearsall’s development stands to loom as a factor for Samuel’s long-term San Francisco status, but Aiyuk is now signed to a four-year extension and the oldest of the team’s WR starters is also signed for two more years.
Pearsall began 49ers training camp on the team’s active/NFI list due to a hamstring injury, doing so after he had participated in offseason workouts in a limited capacity. The former Aiyuk college teammate had then sustained a partially dislocated shoulder that kept him out for weeks. His recent experience certainly minimizes those minor maladies, and the 49ers will begin their season without the rookie, whose recovery will become a central storyline for the defending NFC champions.
Drive fast
This is already a bad enough era for receivers driving fast.
Just turn the comments off since many people here cannot resist from making political comments (on either side).
Great news! Speed on your recovery, looking forward to seeing you on the field being grest.
Fantastic to hear. Too much senseless violence and bloodshed in this country. Society as a whole needs to do better.
Amazing he’s ok and out and about now. Some people are so lucky. Hope that scumbag is thrown in prison for many decades
It’s leftist SF…. He’s already been released and the DA is now figuring out how to charge Pearsall.
That case it’s both
I’d like to know where this 17 year old got a gun from. Was it registered? Did he buy it on the street? Let’s get tough on gun crimes.
It’s in the an urban area, it’s not hard to imagined how he procured a firearm at that age. Unfortunately gun culture is rampant in these areas. Not sure what the remedy is, but the problem is quite obvious.
Just a mostly peaceful request for his money or his life…
You still don’t know what “directly” means
Not to get political, but it’s crazy to
Me that half of the country will vote for a candidate that helped make SF the crime dump that it is.
I’m confused. Is that the same candidate who’s been criticized long before she ever sniffed the White House for the number of minorities she prosecuted?
Asking for a friend
No it’s the one that the Democratic Party was talking about replacing in this election as the VP because she did such a bad job and was so disliked by her own party.
Thank goodness he’s ok
This is a sports site, stop with the political crap. We’re here for sports, nobody cares what side you support.
Glad he’s okay though
I just drafted him in fantasy Wednesday . I had a bad feeling bout drafting him and now this . I hope he recovers fast. being out a season could set him back further then he is now
I wish him all the best. I’m rooting for him!
He’s turning into the Chuck Norris of football players: he was shot in the chest, and was in serious condition, and then was released from the hospital the next day? Next we’re gonna hear he pulled the bullet out & threw it at the kid, who was then hospitalized for his gunshot wound.
That’s choice
Put all spodas back in chains