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Yahoo Fantasy Football fantasy football takes on Ricky Pearsall
Every source-backed article insight STACKED has extracted from Yahoo Fantasy Football about Ricky Pearsall.
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All Yahoo Fantasy Football insights about Ricky Pearsall
NegativeInjuryAug 19, 2026
Pearsall suffered a knee injury early in training camp and is out for the season, creating a void in the 49ers' wide receiver room.NegativeInjuryAug 19, 2026
Lost for the season to a knee injury, opening up receiving opportunities for other 49ers pass-catchers.NegativeInjuryAug 18, 2026
Pearsall suffered a knee injury, which creates opportunity for 49ers rookie wideout De'Zhaun Stribling.NegativeInjuryAug 14, 2026
Pearsall was lost for the season during training camp, representing a significant injury blow to the 49ers' receiving corps.NegativeInjuryAug 11, 2026
Ricky Pearsall suffered a knee injury, creating opportunity for De'Zhaun Stribling in the 49ers offense.NegativeInjuryAug 10, 2026
Ricky Pearsall, a 2024 first-round pick for the 49ers who was ticketed for a big role in 2026, will miss the entire season due to injury; this represents bad news for the 49ers' receiver room and eliminates him from fantasy consideration for 2026.NegativeInjuryAug 7, 2026
49ers WR ruled out for the 2026 season due to injury suffered during training camp.NegativeInjuryAug 7, 2026
49ers WR ruled out for the 2026 season due to injury suffered during training camp.NegativeInjuryAug 7, 2026
49ers WR ruled out for the 2026 season due to injury suffered during training camp.NegativeInjuryAug 6, 2026
Pearsall was drafted for $13 in a 14-team salary cap league in July. The source notes that Pearsall news went south shortly after the draft and he has already had to cut him. This reflects the challenge of impact WRs being almost impossible to find on the wire.NegativeInjuryAug 3, 2026
Pearsall has been lost to season-ending knee surgery, removing a key receiving option from the 49ers offense during training camp.NegativeInjuryAug 3, 2026
San Francisco has ruled out the third-year wideout for the 2026 season due to PCL surgery. This is an unfortunate development for such a promising young receiver.NegativeInjuryAug 3, 2026
San Francisco has ruled out the third-year wideout for the entire 2026 season due to PCL surgery, eliminating him from fantasy consideration.NegativeInjuryJul 31, 2026
49ers WR dealing with swelling related to PCL injury that held him out for most of 2025; team has 'some concern' about his status. Per reports, the 49ers could be preparing for Pearsall to miss the entire 2026 season, with one the source stating 'it's reasonable, rational, logical, for the 49ers to NOT expect Ricky Pearsall to make any contribution in 2026.'NegativeInjuryJul 31, 2026
Pearsall has gotten one of the worst injury runouts to start his career after staying healthy in college. When healthy, he separates with ease and makes tough catches. Unfortunately, he appears to be in danger of missing all of 2026 after not getting surgery on his PCL injury from last season.NegativeInjuryJul 30, 2026
Ricky Pearsall injury update covered in Fantasy Fallout segment; specific injury details not provided in episode outline but flagged as notable fantasy development.PositiveBreakoutJul 28, 2026
Pianowski could see a breakout coming from third-year wideout Ricky Pearsall in the 49ers offense with Brock Purdy, despite Purdy's supporting cast being older overall.PositiveBustJul 28, 2026
Pearsall is limited by lack of physicality and short-area wiggle; he has broken zero tackles throughout his career per PFF. His average depth of target is 12.6 yards downfield and he has only had five screens through 20 games, suggesting he lacks the elite start-stop ability of comparable players like McConkey. His size and injury history (similar to McConkey, Shaheed, Addison, and Williams) are concerns in an aging 49ers offense.PositiveSleeperJul 28, 2026
Pearsall is ranked WR34 (78th overall) and has a clear path to hitting as a sleeper despite injury setbacks (shot, PCL injury). When healthy, he moves well on crossing and deep out routes and excels against off coverage with deceleration and quick breaks on play-action. The addition of Mike Evans should solidify his role as an intermediate and sideline-based player while Evans works vertically. Though Evans, Kittle, and McCaffrey have injury histories, when any are sidelined, Pearsall has the skill set to be a higher-volume player. His floor was established last year as WR55 on WR55 usage while playing on 1.5 legs, averaging 10.0 YPT (outstanding mark) with zero TDs.NegativeRoleJul 27, 2026
Year 3 wide receiver discussed as part of the 2024 draft class that was loaded but now carries question marks heading into 2026; featured in dedicated segment at 53:36 mark of episode focused on Year 3 WR outlook.NegativeInjuryNo date
Ricky Pearsall missed significant time last season due to injury; his return status for the upcoming season is a key unknown for the 49ers' offense.NegativeInjuryNo date
Pearsall missed significant time last season due to injury and is among the key 49ers players (including Brock Purdy, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner, George Kittle, Brandon Aiyuk, and Mykel Williams) who dealt with major injuries.NegativeInjuryNo date
Pearsall missed significant time last season due to injury, contributing to the 49ers' overall injury challenges.