Ricky Pearsall

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2023: 64 catches, 970 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Florida · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 192 lb · Tempe, AZ

CFB Index 79 · #42 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceSan Francisco — drafted 2024, Rd 1, Pick 31, #31 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1250 nationally · Signed with Corona del Sol

Statement game10 rec · 166 yds · 1 TDat South Carolina (FBS) · W 41-39

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Florida. 2023: 64 catches, 970 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Corona del Sol in 2019.
Transferred from Arizona State to Florida in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the San Francisco in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida, 2,425 receiving yards — drafted at #31 overall by San Francisco.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20197 games

Recruited3-star out of Corona del Sol

202213 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by San Franciscoround 1, pick 31

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1250 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #31

San Francisco · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

2022–2023

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season

#31Rd 1 · Pick 31

San FranciscoEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-leaning

2020Arizona State2-2HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Arizona State8-5HC: Herm Edwards · Run-heavy

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #42 of 497?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (86th percentile). Strength: rush tds (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#91 / 639 · 86th pct

22.7%

Yards / catch#151 / 639 · 76th pct

14.8

EPA / target#177 / 639 · 72nd pct

0.95

Catch rate#315 / 639 · 51st pct

82.7%

TD rate#412 / 639 · 35th pct

4.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#4 / 294 · 97th pct

Rec yards#40 / 566 · 93rd pct

970

Receptions#49 / 566 · 91st pct

Rush yards#25 / 294 · 91st pct

Long catch#147 / 566 · 74th pct

Yards / catch#148 / 566 · 74th pct

15.2

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Fumbles lost#93 / 227 · 35th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

86th → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

99th → 86th percentile

Catch rate

15th → 51st percentile

TD rate

77th → 35th percentile

Yards / catch

98th → 76th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.9	67.9	14.0	0.3
Road5g	6.0	99.0	19.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	89.1	14.6	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	69.2	19.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-7% reception volume, top-4% overall receiving production.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #42 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #42 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Florida	64	970	15.2	4	--
2022	Florida	33	661	20.0	5	--
2021	Arizona State	48	580	12.1	4	--
2020	Arizona State	6	86	14.3	1	--
2019	Arizona State	7	128	18.3	0	--
Career		158	2,425	15.3	14	--

Season	Team
2023	Florida	3	62	--	126	--
2022	Florida	8	113	--	27	--
2021	Arizona State	6	44	--	--	--
2020	Arizona State	3	33	--	--	--
2019	Arizona State	1	1	28	--	--
Career		21	253	28	153	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 29–16

vs Tennessee

6 rec · 43 yds

With G. Mertz — 166 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.6 · -3 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · T. Etienne — 172 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · South Carolina · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 26 yds to the SC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Carolina · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.40Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 23 yds to the SC 30 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Missouri · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.33Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 61 yds to the MIZ 12 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Missouri · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.32Ricky Pearsall run for 39 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 7 · South Carolina · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.31Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 21 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 1 · Utah · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 40 yds to the UTAH 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 33 yds for a TD (Trey Smack KICK)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 32 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 11 · LSU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 33 yds to the LSU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Georgia · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Graham Mertz pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 19 yds to the FLA 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ Utah	8	92	11.5	0	40
Wk 2	W 49-7vs McNeese	6	123	20.5	1	50
Wk 3	W 29-16vs Tennessee	6	43	7.2	0	9
Wk 4	W 22-7vs Charlotte	6	104	17.3	0	27
Wk 5	L 14-33@ Kentucky	3	62	20.7	1	33
Wk 6	W 38-14vs Vanderbilt	4	34	8.5	0	18
Wk 7	W 41-39@ South Carolina	10	166	16.6	1	26	Season-high 166 yds
Wk 9	L 20-43vs Georgia	6	99	16.5	0	29
Wk 10	L 36-39vs Arkansas	5	55	11.0	1	32
Wk 11	L 35-52@ LSU	7	103	14.7	0	33
Wk 12	L 31-33@ Missouri	2	72	36.0	0	61
Wk 13	L 15-24vs Florida State	1	17	17.0	0	17
Total		64	970	16.5	4	61

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology