Ricky Pearsall has stepped up in the 49ers’ banged-up wide receiver room , and general manager and president of football operations John Lynch has taken notice.

Lynch discussed Pearsall’s second-year ascent on Thursday with KNBR’s “Murph and Markus.”

“Man, he attacked this offseason in a really good fashion,” Lynch told Brian Murphy and Markus Boucher. “He worked his tail off, and now you’re seeing it come to fruition, all the things that we thought Ricky could [do].

“And I think the thing that’s been so impressive is [his] endurance; he’s playing a lot of snaps, and he’s the Energizer Bunny. He keeps going. He keeps running.”

Pearsall showed flashes of his potential with 47 catches for 681 yards and three touchdowns as a rookie after the 49ers selected him with the No. 31 over

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