Training camp may be early, but the San Francisco 49ers have just taken a massive hit.Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will have season-ending surgery on his injured right knee, general manager John Lynch announced Saturday.The surgery will repair his posterior cruciate ligament (PCL).Pearsall was shut down after two practices in training camp because of swelling in the knee.
The 2024 first-round pick has flashed throughout his first two years in the NFL but has struggled to stay on the field.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMRicky Pearsall No.1 of the San Francisco 49ers stands on the sidelines during the national anthem before an NFL divisional playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field on Jan.
17, 2026, in Seattle, Wash.(Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)As a rookie, he missed most of training camp with a shoulder injury and then was shot in a robbery attempt before the season began.
He played in 11 games in 2024, catching 31 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns.It seemed like Pearsall was primed to make the jump as the team’s No.1 receiver in 2025 after catching 20 passes for 327 yards in his first four games, but then he suffered a knee injury.
That injury knocked him out for the next six games.When he returned, he wasn’t as effective as he was toward the beginning of the season, catching five passes for 20 yards over three games.It looked like he was on his way to becoming a key contributor again when he had six catches for 96 yards against the Tennessee Titans before reaggravating the knee injury.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!Ricky Pearsall of the San Francisco 49ers works out during training camp practice at SAP Performance Facility in Santa Clara, Calif., on July 27, 2026.(Thearon W.
Henderson/Getty Images)He missed two of the final three regular-season games and the playoff opener before being a nonfactor in a divisional-round loss to the Seattle Seahawks.Pearsall has 67 catche...