49ers pull off NFL Draft shocker, take a wide receiver in first round
by SFGate
SFGate— After a ton of speculation about the San Francisco 49ers potentially trading up in the first round of the NFL Draft, or adding more first-round picks by trading away a star receiver, the Niners ended up staying and picking a wide receiver. The 49ers stunned most of the experts by selecting Ricky Pearsall, a wide receiver out of Florida, with the No. 31 pick. For most of Thursday, reports around the 49ers were centered around the team potentially trading wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk, who has...
SiliconBeat—49ers draft wide receiver Ricky Pearsall at No. 31 in the first round. Wide receiver Ricky Pearsall joins the 49ers’ vaunted offense as their first-round pick, No. 31 overall.
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