The San Francisco 49ers’ first-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall is introduced at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, April 26, 2024. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
The 49ers placed Ricky Pearsall on the reserve/non-football injury list Monday as he recovers from being shot during an attempted robbery over the weekend, ruling him out for at least the first four games of their season.
Pearsall, 23, will be eligible to come off the list for their Oct. 6 game against the Arizona Cardinals, though the team has given no indication whether he is expected to be ready to play by then.
The 49ers signed offensive tackle Brandon Parker to a one-year deal to take Pearsall’s spot on the 53-man roster.
Pearsall, the 49ers’ first-round pick in this spring’s NFL draft, was shot Saturday in San Francisco’s Union Square, police said. He was shot in the chest and the bullet exited his back, according to a Facebook post by his mother, who also said he was “extremely lucky” that his vital organs were not hit. Video from the scene showed Pearsall holding a bandage over an apparent wound on the upper right part of his chest.
The rookie wide receiver was released from San Francisco General Hospital on Sunday. The attempted robber, a 17-year-old male from Tracy, was also admitted to the same hospital with a gunshot wound after a struggle with Pearsall. Police officers took him into custody at the scene, and his condition is unknown.
The 49ers’ wide receiver corps without Pearsall will include the recently extended Brandon Aiyuk as well as Deebo Samuel, Jauan Jennings, Chris Conley, Ronnie Bell and rookie Jacob Cowing.
San Francisco also signed defensive lineman Sam Okuayinonu to its practice squad and released offensive lineman Sebastian Gutierrez from the squad.
Originally published at Michael Nowels