Yes, Ricky Pearsall is dealing with a knee injury. Here's the latest:
PCL recurrence (as of July 29): He's been sidelined early in training camp with right knee swelling related to the PCL injury that cost him 8 games in 2025. The 49ers coaching staff has expressed concern with no timeline for return — and the fact that it's a recurrence, not a separate issue, is a major red flag for durability (from the Ricky Pearsall page).
This is especially tough because he entered camp with a clear path to being the WR2 in San Francisco behind Mike Evans, with a lot of fantasy analysts pegging him as a breakout candidate — if he could stay healthy. He's now missed 39% of his career games due to various injuries.
On The Fantasy Headliners, they noted that even after he returned from the gunshot wound, he still had nagging injuries, and Sal Vetri pointed out it's been "hamstrings, ankles, lower body, knee, whatever it might be" — a pattern that's hard to ignore.
Bottom line: monitor closely. If this lingers into the preseason, his fantasy upside takes a big hit given the WR depth behind him (Christian Kirk, Jacob Cowing, etc.).