SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- One year after he was shot through the chest on the streets of downtown San Francisco, that near-death experience is never far from 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall's mind.

Where Pearsall's PTSD was an obstacle in the days, weeks and months after the shooting, he has used the past 365 days as an opportunity to reframe the incident in a way that he believes has allowed him to grow as a player and person.

"Unfortunately, I revisit that every single night I go to bed," Pearsall said. "I kind of just carry that with me. And now I think it's not as much of avoiding it or revisiting it or not revisiting it. It's more of how I deal with it and the light that I put on it. And for me it's more of a positive light and the things that I can get out of that and more of a posi

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