According to the wire, the Patriots have placed WR Kendrick Bourne on injured reserve due to a knee injury.
Now Bourne will rehab with an eye on returning in 2024, potentially for a different team. He’s in the final year of his contract.
Bourne, 28, signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Washington in 2017. He signed a three-year, $1.66 million deal and made the final roster each of his first three seasons in the league.
The 49ers placed a second-round tender on Bourne as a restricted free agent at $3.27 million for the 2020 season.
Bourne then became an unrestricted free agent in 2021 before signing a three-year, $22.5 million contract with the Patriots. He’s entering the final year of that deal and is due $5.5 million in 2023.
In 2023, Bourne appeared in eight games for the Patriots and caught 34 passes for 370 yards and three touchdowns.
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