Ricky Pearsall calmly stared into a camera and described his changed life.

The first question that Pearsall had after he was shot in the chest during a robbery attempt was whether he would still be able to play for the San Francisco 49ers as a rookie wide receiver. Meet the NFL star was shot in chest one year ago and now dreams of winning Super Bowl in San Francisco

"Everybody thinks that they know what they would do in that situation until you're in it," Pearsall exclusively told talkSPORT.

"That's what I found out about myself is, 'I'm not going.'"

On the one-year anniversary of a gunshot wound that could have ended his life, the 24-year-old is embracing a new key role within San Francisco's offense and ultimately grateful for a surreal and scary moment that he is still processi

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