Player
Ricky Pearsall
WR · 49ers
Year-2 leap in volume rate (61% more yards per game) while adding 9+ targets/season suggests Pearsall has secured a true No. 1 role in SF's offense — not merely inherited targets due to injuries elsewhere.
528 receiving yards in just 9 games — already matching his rookie season total.
TrendPearsall by season
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | 46 | 31 | 400 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 528 | 0 |
Pearsall outproduced his rookie receiving yards (400) in just 9 games in Year 2 — 528 yards on 36 catches with 5.9 targets/game (up from 4.2). The catch is the TD column: 0 receiving TDs in 2025 vs 3 as a rookie.
The per-game line is the headline: 58.7 YPG in 2025 vs 36.4 YPG in 2024 — a 61% jump in yardage rate.
2025 receiving yards by week
| Week | Rec yds |
|---|---|
| W1 | 108 |
| W2 | 56 |
| W3 | 117 |
| W4 | 46 |
| W11 | 0 |
| W12 | 6 |
| W13 | 14 |
| W15 | 96 |
| W17 | 85 |
Why it matters. Year-2 leap in volume rate (61% more yards per game) while adding 9+ targets/season suggests Pearsall has secured a true No. 1 role in SF's offense — not merely inherited targets due to injuries elsewhere.
Back-to-back 100-yard games to open 2025 (Weeks 1 and 3) — already a career first.
MilestonePearsall 100-yard games (career)
| Wk | Season | Opp | Rec | Yds | Tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2024 | DET | 8 | 141 | 10 |
| 1 | 2025 | SEA | 4 | 108 | 7 |
| 3 | 2025 | ARI | 8 | 117 | 11 |
Pearsall posted his first 100-yard game in Week 17 of his rookie year (vs Detroit, 141 yards on 8 catches), then opened 2025 with back-to-back 100-yard games: 108 yards vs Seattle in Week 1 and 117 yards vs Arizona in Week 3.
Three career 100-yard games — and his Week 3 Arizona outing drew 11 targets, a career high, on the way to 8 catches and 117 yards. His career yardage peak remains the 141-yard game vs Detroit.
Why it matters. Three 100-yard games across two seasons signals Pearsall has the ceiling of a genuine weekly fantasy WR1 — the back-to-back 100s to open 2025 show it's a sustainable ceiling, not a fluke.
When fully healthy, Pearsall averages 84.7 receiving yards per game — WR1 production.
SplitPearsall 2025 yards/game by stretch
| Span | G | YPG | Tgt/G |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wks 1-4 (full role) | 4 | 81.8 | 7.3 |
| Wks 11-13 (return) | 3 | 6.7 | 3.0 |
| Wks 15+ (back) | 2 | 90.5 | 7.5 |
| Healthy combined | 6 | 84.7 | 7.3 |
Pearsall's 2025 splits expose the injury-disrupted nature of the season. In Weeks 1-4 (full role): 81.8 YPG on 7.3 targets/game. In Weeks 11-13 (returning from injury): just 6.7 YPG on 3.0 targets/game. In Weeks 15-17: 90.5 YPG on 7.5 targets/game.
Across the 6 fully-healthy games (Weeks 1-4 + 15-17), Pearsall averaged 84.7 YPG on 7.3 targets — production that compares favorably to established WR1s.
Why it matters. The gap between healthy (84.7 YPG) and injury-return production (6.7 YPG) shows that Pearsall's overall 2025 average (58.7 YPG) understates his true ceiling when fully available.
Target share jumped from 14.1% as a rookie to 18.0% in 2025 — clear WR1 usage.
AnomalyPearsall's 2025 target share was 18.0% — a +3.9-point jump from his rookie 14.1% (in active games). In the four games before his mid-season absence, he was San Francisco's clear leading wideout.
WOPR (weighted opportunity rating) tells the same story: a 0.49 WOPR in 2025 — comfortably alpha-WR usage. His 2024 WOPR was 0.32, making the jump in opportunity real and sustained.
Why it matters. A +3.9-point target share gain and a 53% WOPR increase in Year 2 are the markers of a receiver who has locked in a true No. 1 role, not merely a beneficiary of a depleted depth chart.
Career-best 141-yard, 1-TD game came against Detroit in his rookie season finale.
RareIn Week 17 of 2024 vs Detroit, Pearsall posted his career-defining line: 10 targets, 8 catches, 141 yards, 1 TD — a 28.7 PPR fantasy outing that pre-saged the 2025 role expansion.
For a player who missed the start of his rookie year recovering from an off-field gunshot wound, that closing-game performance — a career-high in yards, a 27.8% target share, and a 0.668 WOPR — made the 31st-overall pick look very smart.
Why it matters. The DET finale was Pearsall's proof-of-concept game: career-high yards, career-high target share (27.8%), and elite WOPR (0.668) in the same outing — the blueprint for his expanded 2025 role.
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