Exclusive interview: Ricky Pearsall leans into tumult of rookie season

49ers Talk with Matt Maiocco

NBC Sports Bay Area

Nfl, Football, Matt Maiocco, San Francisco 49ers, Sports

4.6 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Second-year 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall sits down with NBC Sports Bay Area's Matt Maiocco to reflect on his tumultuous rookie season in the NFL, a season that saw him traumatically shot in an attempted robbery before he worked his way into San Francisco's offense with some explosive performances. Pearsall opens up with Matt about how that moment has changed his life and how thankful he is to still be playing today. Also, Matt and Jennifer discuss Pearsall's harrowing rookie season experience and what to expect from him in his sophomore season.

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0:00.0	It has been nearly 10 months since the horrifying incident that Soft 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall gets shot in the chest during an armed robbery attempt.
0:13.0	Despite all that Pierce saw dealt with during his rookie season, he still managed to end the year on a high note to build his confidence heading into year two in the NFL.
0:23.7	He figures to be a key part of the 49ers' offense this season with Debo Samuel no longer on the team,
0:30.2	and Brandon Ayuk expected to miss time in the first half of the year as he recovers from knee surgery.
0:36.2	On this episode of 49ers talk, Piersaw joins us to talk about
0:40.5	his rookie season and his excitement about getting onto the field and keeping that momentum going
0:45.9	from his strong finish in 2024. But that's not all he talks about. Pierceaw opens up about the
0:52.5	shooting incident and how he learned a lot about himself
0:55.4	during those dark times. Pearsall reveals how much he thinks about what happened on that day
1:00.7	and how it's changed his life. We'll have all that and much more on this episode of 49ers
1:06.1	Talk coming at you right now. Welcome to another episode of 49ers talk on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.
1:15.7	Introducing your hosts, Matt Mayoko and Jennifer Lee Chan.
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1:38.0	And this is 49ers talk. I'm Matt with Jennifer Lee Chan.
1:42.2	And Jennifer, we're counting down the days. We have now when the
1:46.9	40 hours report for training camp and all that good stuff. So basically, you know, roughly 40 days
1:53.6	that the team is off and they're in the midst of that right now before they, they gear up for
1:57.9	the start of training camp. Yep. It's the, it's the break that I guess
2:02.3	normally they're all edging to get to, but this time with the long off season, it's kind of
2:08.6	a break that they haven't normally had where they feel like rested already. I mean,
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