Analyzing why the San Francisco 49ers drafted wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in Round 1.
At the 31st pick of the NFL Draft big names were on the board, players the 49ers could not have expected to be there in Jer’Zhan Newton, Cooper DeJean, and A.D. Mitchell. Turns out who fell didn’t matter, Kyle Shanahan had already locked in on his target: 6-1/189, 23-year-old Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall .
This was Shanahan’s choice out of the six receivers in the late first-early second group. It appears the Niners decided well before Pearsall was chosen that would be the position group and one of those six would be the pick.before the draft, wide receiver is an urgent need.
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