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Ricky Pearsall San Francisco 49ers · #1

Wide Receiver · 6' 1", 189 lbs · Chandler, AZ · Age 26

Ricky Pearsall is a Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, drafted 31st overall, 2024. In 2025 he caught 36 passes for 528 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 31st overall2-yr veteran
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San Francisco 49ers · #1 · Wide Receiver
Ricky Pearsall
Season avg36 rec · 528 yds · 0 td
Career avg67 rec · 928 yds · 3 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
36rec
528yds
0td
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Scouting report

Ricky Pearsall — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Ricky Pearsall is a Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, drafted 31st overall, 2024. In 2025 he caught 36 passes for 528 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
Elite · offense
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Volume
Excellent · offense
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Big-play
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Target share
Excellent · offense
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Act II

Where Ricky Pearsall stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #192 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
95Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Ricky Pearsall — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
528 YDS
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Volume
36 REC
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Big-play
14.7 Y/R
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C-
Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Ricky Pearsall

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
35
rec
33–37
490
rec yds
439–541
1
td
0–2
51
targets
48–54
10
games
9–10
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 36 → projected 35 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
-1.7
Age curve
+0.3
Net vs last season-1.3 rec
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 26 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 11 / 9
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Ricky Pearsall career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2024113140034612.9
202593652805314.7
Career2067928399
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the San Francisco 49ers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

13–4proj record
98off index
99def index
+63net
95%playoff odds
63roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A+ (98), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 97, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 13–4 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Ricky Pearsall

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-09-09

The beginning

Ricky Pearsall is a Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, in his 3rd NFL season.

San Francisco 49ers

Turning pro

Drafted 31st overall, 2024 as a Wide Receiver.

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Ricky Pearsall is a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, drafted 31st overall, 2024.

Chapter

Across 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has caught 67 passes for 928 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 36 passes for 528 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

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Pearsall's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
189 lbs
Draft
31st overall, 2024
Born
Chandler, AZ
Age
26
Jersey
#1
Background

Ricky Pearsall is from Chandler, AZ and is 26 years old. He was drafted 31st overall, 2024 and plays wide receiver at 6' 1", 189 lbs.

Over 2 seasons (2024–2025) he has caught 67 passes for 928 yards and 3 touchdowns. Pearsall is currently on the San Francisco 49ers roster.

The person

Ricky Pearsall is a rotational receiver who has caught 67 passes for 928 yards and 3 touchdowns across 2 seasons (2024–2025).

Receiving67 career catches, 928 yards, 3 touchdowns.
Best season36 catches for 528 yards in 2025.
Yards per catch13.9 yards per reception over his career.
First-round pedigree31st overall, 2024.
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FAQ

Ricky Pearsall — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ricky Pearsall, answered.

What position does Ricky Pearsall play?
Ricky Pearsall is a Wide Receiver for the San Francisco 49ers.
When was Ricky Pearsall drafted?
Ricky Pearsall was drafted 31st overall, 2024.
How many seasons has Ricky Pearsall played?
2 (2024–2025).
What are Ricky Pearsall's career stats?
He has caught 67 passes for 928 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Ricky Pearsall career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR9
behind the starter

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ LA
Week 1 · Neutral
Season outlook
46
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
4 / 6
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
42
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ LAW2 vs MIAW3 vs ARIW4 vs DENW5 @ SEAW6 vs WASW7 @ ATLW8 · BYEW9 vs LVW10 @ DALW11 vs MINW12 vs SEAW13 @ NYGW14 vs LAW15 @ LACW16 @ KCW17 vs PHIW18 @ ARI

Each week grades Ricky Pearsall's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
3
since 2024
Games missed
7
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk20 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk19 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk18 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk17 · Knee (Questionable)2025 Wk16 · Knee (Out)2025 Wk13 · Knee

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 2 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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