"I just felt like I was behind the eight ball," Pearsall said when speaking with reporters. "I like to say that I rolled out of bed and started running routes because I damn near did. You can't really rehab a gunshot wound.

In a wide receiver room filled with question marks, former first-round pick Ricky Pearsall has begun to cement himself as a reliable option for the San Francisco 49ers.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall expects to get a full offseason of work in, a luxury he did not have last year when he suffered a gunshot wound late in training camp.