As anticipated, Ricky Pearsall will make his NFL debut on Sunday. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned on Friday the first-round rookie wideout shall be activated from the NFI checklist in time for Week 7.
“The fellows are pumped. He is been across the guys for some time now, so it is not like he hasn’t been round, however working towards all week,” Shanahan instructed the media, by way of NFL.com’s Nick Shook. “It has been nice to see him on the market. I feel the blokes have been actual comfortable for him that he may get again and be part of it. He is had a hell of per week, and we’re simply pumped to get him on the market with us.”
The information doesn’t come as a shock since Pearsall began practicing this week. San Francisco had 21 days to activate him, however a lot much less time than that shall be required to deliver him into the image. The transfer confirms Pearsall’s spectacular progress in recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in August because the sufferer of an tried theft.
The 24-year-old’s transfer to the NFI checklist confirmed he would miss not less than the primary 4 weeks of the marketing campaign. The staff understandably took a cautious method along with his rehab course of, and now he’s set to deal with a rotational function in San Francisco’s passing sport. Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel are wholesome, however fellow wideout Jauan Jennings shall be sidelined for Week 7. That would permit Pearsall to log a notable workload in his debut.
The Arizona State and Florida product faces excessive expectations because the 49ers’ high decide on this month’s draft. Aiyuk is connected to a big-ticket deal, however Samuel has just one 12 months (with out assured wage) left on his pact after 2024. That — coupled with the staff’s different upcoming monetary priorities, together with a Brock Purdy extension — has led to hypothesis Samuel might be reduce or traded this offseason. Shifting on from him would place Pearsall to function as a key, cost-controlled offensive playmaker for years to return.
In different harm information, Shanahan added kicker Matthew Wright shall be positioned on injured reserve. San Francisco’s Jake Moody alternative is coping with a shoulder harm he suffered throughout his season debut, and an IR stint will sideline him for not less than the subsequent 4 video games. Former Packer Anders Carlson was added to the practice squad within the wake of Wright’s harm, and he shall be elevated Saturday to tackle kicking duties for, probably, the foreseeable future.
Bringing Pearsall onto the energetic roster will expend one of many 49ers’ in-season activations. They are going to now have six obtainable, with plenty of different gamers eligible to be brought off IR; that would be the case for Wright down the highway, though by that time Moody could also be absolutely wholesome.
