Former ASU and current 49ers WR Ricky Pearsall scores first NFL touchdown
Nov 10, 2024, 11:56 AM | Updated: 2:52 pm
Former Arizona State Sun Devil and current 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall scored his first career NFL touchdown during a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
The No. 31 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft caught a 46-yard touchdown pass on his second target of the game from former Perry High School quarterback Brock Purdy with 4:15 left in the first quarter to put the 49ers up 7-0.
First NFL TD for Ricky Pearsall ‼️
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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) November 10, 2024
Pearsall finished the game with four catches for 73 yards and a touchdown on six targets as the 49ers defeated the Buccaneers 23-20 on a Jake Moody field goal as time expired.
IT’S GOOD! 🙌
THE 49ERS WIN IT! pic.twitter.com/VryGM51WXK
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 10, 2024
This was Pearsall’s third game playing for the 49ers after his making his NFL debut on Oct. 20 after missing the first six games of the season after being shot through the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Aug. 31.
Going into Sunday’s game, Pearsall had seven catches on nine targets for 59 yards.
Pearsall began his college career at Arizona State and transferred to Florida for his final two seasons. He had 65 catches for 965 yards and four touchdowns last season for the Gators and finished his college career with 159 catches for 2,420 yards and 14 TDs.
The 2024 first-round pick went to Tempe Corona Del Sol High School from 2016-19 where the receiver caught 168 passes for 2,358 yards and scored four touchdowns.
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