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49ers rookie WR Ricky Pearsall runs 46 yards for his first touchdown

by November 10, 2024

  • Nick Wagoner, ESPN staff writerNovember 10, 2024, 1:48 p.m. ET

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      Nick Waggoner is an NFL reporter for ESPN. Nick has been covering the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, after previously covering the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013-2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years with the company, Nick led ESPN’s coverage of the Niners’ 2019 Super Bowl run, Colin Kaepernick’s protest, the Rams making Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, Sam’s subsequent pursuit of a squad spot and the team relocation and stadium saga. You can follow Nick on Twitter @nwagoner

TAMPA, Fla. – While the return of running back Christian McCaffrey already helped the San Francisco 49ers against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall who did the scoring on Sunday.

Facing second-and-5 at Tampa Bay’s 46-yard line, Niners quarterback Brock Purdy dropped back, crossed the field and found Pearsall up the middle. Pearsall caught the pass brilliantly and raced to the corner of the end zone, barely crossing the goal line before going out of bounds for his first career touchdown that gave San Francisco a 7-0 lead with 4:15 left in the first quarter .

Pearsall missed San Francisco’s first six games after he was shot in the chest during a suspected robbery in late August. San Francisco used its first-round pick (No. 31) on Pearsall in April’s draft.

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