Ricky Pearsall Madden Career 2025-2026 - Peak 75 OVR

Ricky Pearsall's rookie year nearly ended before it began, and not on the field. A first-round pick out of Florida in 2024, 31st overall, he was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in downtown San Francisco weeks before the season, a shocking act of violence he was fortunate to survive. He recovered, returned to play as a rookie, and by 2025 had grown into a real part of the offense.

Madden's grade is still early and rising. Pearsall was a 73 as a rookie in Madden NFL 25, a fair number for a first-year receiver, then a 75 for 2025, his speed rating pinned at 92, the profile of a fast young wideout the game expects to keep climbing. The number has nowhere to go but up if the health holds.

On the field he flashed the talent that made him a first-round pick, including a 141-yard game as a rookie, before injuries interrupted a promising 2025. Pearsall is an ascending starter with the speed and hands to be more, and his story, from a hospital bed to an NFL starting lineup in a matter of months, is one of the most remarkable on the roster. Madden's modest, rising grade is the beginning of a career that came terrifyingly close to never happening.