Not long after Ricky Pearsall was upgraded from serious but stable condition to fair condition, more excellent 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 primary-round pick will proceed recuperating away from the hospital.
A press release from the San Francisco Police Department indicated Pearsall, 23, was shot within the chest while on his method to a signing event. The shooting took place in San Francisco’s Union Square. A struggle for the gun took place, and each 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 previous Florida and Arizona State wideout had been expected to play a key role on this 12 months’s 49ers team, but that’s definitely on hold while the prospect recovers. The 49ers are well positioned at wideout this 12 months, though their wait on Pearsall’s on-field development is clearly not the important focus right away.
It is just too soon to invest on when Pearsall will give you the option to resume his playing profession. The 49ers drafted him on the identical day wherein 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 an element 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 can also be signed for 2 more years.
Pearsall began 49ers training camp on the team’s lively/NFI list attributable to a hamstring injury, doing so after he had participated in offseason workouts in a limited capability. The previous Aiyuk college teammate had then sustained a partially dislocated shoulder that kept him out for weeks. His recent experience definitely minimizes those minor maladies, and the 49ers will begin their season without the rookie, whose recovery will change into a central storyline for the defending NFC champions.
