San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch says wide receiver Ricky Pearsall is doing ‘remarkably well’ after being shot in a robbery attempt over the weekend.
Pearsall was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital with a bullet wound to the chest after a 17-year-old assailant tried stealing the wideout’s Rolex.
Lynch said that Pearsall, who was placed on the non-football injury list and will miss the first four games of the season, has been outpacing expectations and is focused on getting back on the field.
‘I think some of his earliest concerns is when he could play,’ Lynch said Tuesday. ‘He’s asking me [in the hospital]… I don’t know, but the surgeon was there and helping him through those type of thoughts.’
Lynch seemed confident that the wide receiver would be able to help the Niners at some point this season but is being cautious in the meantime.
‘He’s doing remarkably well,’ Lynch said. ‘That’s kind of uncharted territory. It’s not every day you deal with something like this … It was just a lot for him to work through.
‘Our medical experts felt [it was] too much to ask to come back within the next four weeks. We made that decision to at least give him that time. [It’s] really, really miraculous.’
Lynch added: ‘Ultimately we felt the number one thing we had to be concerned with was Ricky’s wellbeing, physically, emotionally, mentally.
‘He’s going to need that time physically. He’s going to need that time emotionally, mentally … When we drafted Ricky, we did it for the long term and Ricky’s going to be a fantastic player here.
‘He’s eager, he was disappointed but understood that we put him on that list. And what that entails, it’s four weeks at least, and we’re just going to take this as it comes.’
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