STACKEDNewsTry STACKED
Latest
LiveRicky Pearsall Misses 49ers Practice With Knee Swelling Tied to Prior PCL InjuryLiveFalcons QB Injuries: Live Reaction to Tua, Penix and the Cooper Rush SigningMalik Nabers Avoids PUP to Open Giants Camp. Fantasy Managers Still Need One Answer
LiveInjury News

Ricky Pearsall Misses 49ers Practice With Knee Swelling Tied to Prior PCL Injury

San Francisco is evaluating Pearsall after a swollen knee kept him out Wednesday; no current 49ers roster move places him on PUP.

By
ShareEmail
STACKED News graphic about Ricky Pearsall's knee evaluation at 49ers training camp
STACKED editorial graphic

Ricky Pearsall

did not practice Wednesday because of a swollen knee, according to the San Francisco 49ers’ Day 3 training-camp report. Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that the team connected the swelling to the PCL injury Pearsall dealt with last season and is evaluating him.

The available evidence establishes a practice absence and an unresolved knee evaluation. As of publication, the 49ers have announced no 2026 PUP transaction involving Pearsall.

What is confirmed

Ricky Pearsall

WRSF

The 49ers listed Pearsall out of Wednesday’s practice with a swollen knee. Maiocco reported that the swelling is related to last season’s PCL injury and that Pearsall is being evaluated.

Did not practice

Ricky Pearsall

WRSF

The team’s Day 2 report included Pearsall among the receivers catching passes in 11-on-11 work. Wednesday’s absence followed that practice participation.

Practiced Monday

Ricky Pearsall

WRSF

Matt Barrows of The Athletic reported that the team is considering its options. He identified surgery as a possibility, not as a team-announced decision.

Evaluation open

San Francisco’s official July 26 transaction listed Alfred Collins, Isaac Guerendo, George Kittle and Mykel Williams on Active/PUP. Pearsall was not one of the four players. His Wednesday designation remains a practice status unless the club announces a separate roster move.

The 49ers have a scheduled off day Thursday and return Friday for their first padded practice. That makes Friday’s participation report more useful than guessing at a recovery timetable now.

The STACKED read

Pearsall’s draft case needs a health discount while the evaluation remains open. The same knee cost him time last season, and two credentialed beat reporters tied the current swelling to that injury. Fantasy managers have enough evidence to move him down, but no verified basis for pricing in surgery, PUP or a specific number of missed games.

The immediate receiver reps went elsewhere Wednesday. The team said Brock Purdy connected with Mike Evans, De’Zhaun Stribling, Demarcus Robinson, Jacob Cowing and Jordan Watkins during practice. That group can absorb camp work, though one session without Pearsall does not settle the regular-season route split.

Christian Kirk

already had a separate calf strain in the team’s Day 2 report. That keeps Stribling and Robinson relevant as late-round watchlist names, but the cleanest rankings change belongs to Pearsall until San Francisco shows how it will handle his knee.

Fantasy impact

Player
STACKED call
Move downA repeat issue in the same knee adds material availability risk.
Next checkpoint
Friday practice participation and any official treatment or roster update.
Season risk
Meaningful · unresolvedNo verified return date, surgery decision or PUP move.
Player
STACKED call
Hold steadyHe remained involved in Wednesday's team work.
Next checkpoint
Route share after Pearsall's status becomes clearer.
Season risk
Role unchangedPearsall's absence has not produced a confirmed new pecking order.
Player
STACKED call
Track separatelyHis calf strain is a separate availability question.
Next checkpoint
Return to team periods and slot usage.
Season risk
Watch practiceDo not treat Pearsall's knee report as a positive Kirk update.

Source transparency

This manual article uses the 49ers’ Day 2 and Day 3 reports, the club’s current Active/PUP transaction, and direct Bluesky posts from Maiocco and Barrows. The Barrows post says surgery is a possibility; the 49ers have not announced that decision.

STACKED’s autonomous pipeline requires two independent direct X or Threads originals before it can publish. These verified reporter posts are on Bluesky, so the autonomous social gate did not pass. This article was published under the explicit manual editorial request and does not claim otherwise.

For broader camp context, see the STACKED guide to the signals worth tracking across all 32 training camps. Pearsall’s next useful signal is his official participation status when the 49ers practice Friday.

Sources & transparency

These links support the reported facts and practice observations in this article. STACKED's player implications and risk labels are analysis, not new medical reporting.

Related coverage