Kendrick Bourne

Kendrick Bourne was signed by the New England Patriots as an unrestricted free agent from San Francisco on March 19, 2021 ... Originally signed by San Francisco as a rookie free agent (5/5/17) ... Re-signed by San Francisco as a restricted free agent (4/6/20).

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Kendrick Bourne was signed by the New England Patriots as an unrestricted free agent from San Francisco on March 19, 2021 ... Originally signed by San Francisco as a rookie free agent (5/5/17) ... Re-signed by San Francisco as a restricted free agent (4/6/20).

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2021 (17/5, 1/0)

• Rotated in at wide receiver in his Patriots debut vs. Miami (9/12).
• Caught a 17-yard pass and played one special teams snap.
• Had a 16-yard run in the third quarter as a reserve at N.Y. Jets (9/19), his first career NFL rushing attempt.
• Made his first start with the Patriots in a three-wide receiver set vs. New Orleans (9/26) and recorded a career-high 96 receiving yards on six receptions. Reached over the defender on a sideline route for a 22-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, his first with the Patriots.
• Started in a three-wide receiver set vs. Tampa Bay (10/3) and caught all five of his targets for 58 yards.
• Followed up a 15-yard catch with a 12-yard run on the next play from scrimmage in the team's opening drive at Houston (10/10).
• Connected with Mac Jones for a 75-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter vs. Dallas (10/17), his longest career reception. His previous long was a 54-yard reception from QB Jimmy Garoppolo vs. Tennessee on Dec. 17, 2017 when he played for San Francisco.
• Completed his first NFL pass attempt for a 25-yard touchdown pass to WR Nelson Agholor in the first quarter vs. N.Y. Jets (10/24), giving him a perfect passer rating of 158.3. Posted four receptions for 68 yards, including a 46-yard catch in the fourth quarter to get down to the Jets' one-yard line. RB J.J. Taylor ran it in for a touchdown on the next play.
• Totaled four receptions at L.A. Chargers (10/31) for 38 yards.
• Caught three balls for 34 yards at Carolina (11/7), including an 18-yarder in the fourth quarter.
• Had three ten-yard runs vs. Cleveland (11/14) for 43 yards rushing on the day, the fifth-best rushing total by a Patriots wide receiver in a game. Had a 15-yard run in the first quarter, an 11-yard run in the second quarter and a 17-yard run in the third quarter. Prior to the 2021 season, Bourne never had a rushing attempt in his NFL career.
• Caught four passes for a career-high 98 yards vs. Cleveland (11/14). His previous best was 96 yards vs. New Orleans on Sept. 26, 2021. Caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Mac Jones in the second quarter.
• Recorded a team-high 42 yards receiving at Atlanta (11/18) on four catches. Also ran the ball once on an end-around for seven yards.
• Scored two touchdowns vs. Tennessee (11/28), a 4-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and a 41-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. It marks his second career two-touchdown game. He had two touchdowns at New Orleans on Dec. 8, 2019 when he played for San Francisco. The two touchdowns brings his total up to five on the season, tying his career-high. He finished the day with five receptions for 61 yards.
• Bourne's 41-yard touchdown reception vs. Tennessee (11/28) is the second longest touchdown of his career. He had a 75-yard touchdown from Mac Jones vs. Dallas on Oct. 17, 2021.
• Recorded 6 catches for 44 yards, along with 2 rushes for 19 yards, including a a career-long 18 yard run at Indianapolis (12/18).
• Caught 2 passes for 33 yards vs. Buffalo (1226) to push his season totals to 47 receptions for 700 yards. The 700 yards are a single-season personal high. He had 667 yards receiving in 2020 with San Francisco. He needs three receptions to surpass the 49 receptions he had in 2020 for a single-season personal high.
• Totaled five catches for 76 yards, including a 46-yard catch in the fourth quarter vs. Jacksonville (1/2). He also added two rushes for 17 yards. His five receptions pushed his 2021 totals to 52, a single-season personal high mark. He had 49 receptions in 2020 with San Francisco.
• Reeled in three catches for 24 yards at Miami (1/9).
• Had his first postseason two-touchdown performance in the Wild Card Round loss at Buffalo (1/15) with 3-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter and a 4-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Overall, it is his third two-touchdown game and second of the 2021 season. He had two touchdowns vs. Tennessee on Nov. 28, 2021. His two touchdowns led the team as well as his seven receptions and 77 receiving yards. He also had a 14-yard run in the third quarter. He had six runs of 10 yards or more during the regular season. Prior to the 2021 season, Bourne had never had an NFL rushing attempt.

2020 (15/5 - San Francisco)

• Played in 15 games with five starts and established career highs in receptions (49) and receiving yards (667) and scored two touchdowns.
• Tallied two receptions for 30 yards and a touchdown vs. Miami (10/4).
• Posted a season-high eight receptions for 81 yards at Seattle (11/1).
• Missed the Week 9 matchup vs. Green Bay (11/5) after landing on the COVID-19 reserve list.

2019 (16/0, 3/0 - San Francisco)

• Played in all 16 games and registered 30 recepts. for 358 yds. and a career-high 5 TDs. His 5 rec. TDs also ranked t-1st on the team (George Kittle - 5). Appeared in all 3 postseason games and tallied 6 recepts. for 88 yds. and 1 TD.
• Registered a 7-yd. TD recept. at Arz. (10/31), his 1st TD of the season.
• Recorded 4 recepts. for 42 yds. and 1 TD vs. Sea. (11/11), marking his 2nd TD of the season. Registered a rec. TD in back-to-back games for the first time in his career. Also hauled in a two-point conversion pass from QB Jimmy Garoppolo.
• Registered 4 recepts. for 31 yds. and 1 TD vs. Arz. (11/17). Notched a TD recept. in 3 consecutive games and was the first member of the 49ers to accomplish that feat since WR Dante Pettis [1 TD recept. at TB (11/25/18); 2 TD recepts. at Sea. (12/2/18); 1 TD recept. vs. Den. (12/9/18)].
• Registered 3 recepts. for 18 yds. and 2 TDs at NO (12/8). His 2 TDs marked his first career game with 2-or-more rec. TDs.
• On the final drive of the game vs. LAR (12/21), had a key 18-yd. recept. on 3rd-and-16 that helped set up the game-winning 33-yd. FG by Robbie Gould as time expired.
• Made his postseason debut vs. Min. (1/11/20 - NFC-D) and registered 3 recepts. for 40 yds. and 1 TD.
• Posted two receptions for 42 yards in Super Bowl LIV vs. Kansas City (2/2).

2018 (16/8 - San Francisco)

• Registered career highs in games played (16), starts (8), recepts. (42), rec. yds. (487) and rec. TDs (4).
• Registered his first career TD recept. on a 4-yd. pass from QB Jimmy Garoppolo vs. Det. (9/16).
• In his first career start at Arz. (10/28), hauled in a career-high 7 recepts. for a team-high 71 yds.
• Registered 5 recepts. for 59 yds. and 1 TD, his 4th of the season, at LAR (12/30).

2017 ( 11/0 - San Francisco)

• Played in 11 games and tallied 16 receptions for 257 yds.
• Was inactive for five contests.
• Registered 4 receptions for a career-high 85 yds. vs. Ten. (12/17). Also tallied a career-long 54-yd. reception.

COLLEGE

• Appeared in 53 games (32 starts) and totaled 211 receptions for 3,130 yds. and 27 TDs during his four-year career at Eastern Washington.
• As a senior, earned Second-Team All-Big Sky honors after started all 13 games and registering 79 receptions for 1,201 yds. and 7 TDs. In 2015, appeared in 11 games (10 starts) and recorded 73 recepts. for 998 yds. and 8 TDs to earn Second-Team All-Big Sky honors.
• Appeared in 11 games with 10 starts as a junior and recorded 73 receptions for 998 yards and eight scores. Earned Second-Team All-Big Sky honors for the second straight season.
• As a sophomore appeared in all 14 games (9 starts) and earned All-Big Sky Honorable Mention honors after totaling 52 recepts. for 814 yds. and 10 TDs.
• Saw action in 14 games as a freshman in 2013 and notched 7 receptions for 117 yds. and 2 TDs.

PERSONAL

• Attended Milwaukie Arts (Portland, OR) Academy, where he was a first-team All-Northwest Oregon Conference selection in 2012 after totaling 54 recepts. for 1,292 yds. and 18 TDs.
• Majored in communication studies at Eastern Washington.
• Born Kendrick Bourne (8/4/95) in Portland, OR to Eric and Luisa Turner.