SANTA CLARA — Tomorrow is never promised. That is what Trent Williams thought when he heard the news that 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall had been shot in an attempted armed robbery on Saturday in San Francisco. The incident left Williams wanting to be with his teammates in Santa Clara immediately. "Honestly, to be real, I felt compelled to come back after that, more than anything," Williams said Tuesday. "Because I've never experienced that, to have a teammate shot, so to speak. So in my mind, I just want to get back and get around the team." Trent was extra motivated to return to the 49ers as soon as possible after the Ricky Pearsall shooting pic.twitter.com/0GmwuW9dD5— 49ers on NBCS (@NBCS49ers) September 3, 2024 The 15-year NFL veteran met the rookie receiver once for only a few minutes during OTAs in June and was impressed by their initial interaction. "Ricky stood out to me because when I popped in for OTAs for the 30 minutes I was here, he did go out of his way to introduce himself to me," Williams recalled. "Obviously we were going to meet each other eventually but I'm getting there and there are 90 guys on the team. "I'm walking out and I don't know everybody just yet. I...
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