The Niners ended the first day of the NFL draft by adding a rookie receiver in Florida receiver Ricky Pearsall and keeping its established stars Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel.
DETROIT -- San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch got a text from star receiver Brandon Aiyuk soon after drafting Florida's Ricky Pearsall with the 31st pick.Aiyuk's message about his former teammate was glowing: 'Fire pick. Can't lie.'The Niners ended the first day of the NFL draft by adding a rookie receiver in Pearsall and keeping its established stars Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel despite heavy speculation that one of them could have been moved Thursday night.
Pearsall began his college career at Arizona State where he was teammates with Aiyuk in 2019, leading to the happy text Aiyuk sent to Lynch and a congratulatory call to Pearsall.'We have a really good relationship,' Pearsall said. 'I just got off the phone with him before I got over here on this Zoom call, and he was just congratulating me and telling me over and over again, 'You're a first rounder, man. Soak it up.
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