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49ers WR Ricky Pearsall Discusses His Transition to the NFL

"I've taken big strides since I got here."

Grant Cohn

May 10, 2024; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (14) runs drills during the 49ers rookie minicamp at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Mandatory Credit: Robert Kupbens-USA TODAY Sports
May 10, 2024; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (14) runs drills during the 49ers rookie minicamp at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Mandatory Credit: Robert Kupbens-USA TODAY Sports / Robert Kupbens-USA TODAY Sports
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SANTA CLARA -- Ricky Pearsall spoke to the media on Friday for the first time since the draft. Here's what he said courtesy of the 49ers P.R. department.

Q: How did you pull your hamstring?

PEARSALL: "I was working out and it just happened out of nowhere. Right now I'm just trying to stick to the plan that they have me on in the training room and get better and get right."

Q: How are you picking up the offense?

PEARSALL: "I've taken big strides since I got here. In the beginning, yes, it was a little difficult. Coming into an offense like that's very complex, there's a lot to it. Trying to learn it all in one day is impossible, so I just told myself that and focused on each day how I can get better and improve knowing the playbook. I think I've made big strides to this point."

ME: What's it like going against Charvarius Ward? Have you ever faced a cornerback like him before?

PEARSALL: "No I haven't to be honest. I've gone against a lot of good corners in my career being in the SEC and obviously the years before that in the Pac 12. The corners out here are a little bit different for sure. They've had a lot of success. They're the best of the best. So going against a guy like that definitely will make me better. I'm excited every day. When I see him walk up on me out there on a play, I get excited because I know this is an important rep for me. I have to give it my all and prove myself."

Q: How hard is it at this level maintaining the separation through the entirety of the route?

PEARSALL: "It gets harder for sure. That separation definitely gets closer and closer the better pros you go against. In a league like this, it's just going to be that much tighter. But I'm a perfectionist. I try to get as much separation as I can on each route."

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Grant Cohn

GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

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