49ers’ second-year player starts training camp with chance to vindicate draft gamble

So much has already been said and written about the pressure on the 49ers’ 2025 draft class. San Francisco’s rookie crop comes into the season under significant pressure as a collective with several members likely to start or play significant roles.

Though there is undoubted scrutiny on Mykel Williams, Alfred Collins and Co, the 2025 season is also a massive year for a 2024 draft class that showed significant promise last year.

Ricky Pearsall will be expected to jusfity his first-round status as a starting receiver, while Renardo Green, Dominick Puni and Malik Mustapha, when he recovers from a knee injury, will all be looking to take another step forward and avoid a sophomore slump that could…