Patriots

Patriots Try Out 8 Players Including WR Kendall Wright & RB Kenjon Barner

September 5, 2018

Mike Reiss reports that the Patriots brought in eight free agents for tryouts on Wednesday including RB Kenjon Barner and WR Kendall Wright.

RB Kenjon Barner
DB Quin Blanding
RB Matthew Dayes
WR Brandon Reilly
FB Aaron Ripkowski
LB Martrell Spaight
LB Anthony Winbush
WR Kendall Wright

Wright, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Titans back in 2012. He played out his four-year, $8.218 million contract with the Titans before they elected to pick up his fifth-year option back in May of 2015.

Wright wound up signing a one-year contract with the Bears last March worth up to $4 million and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent for the second straight year when he agreed to a one-year contract with the Vikings back in March.

Unfortunately, the Vikings released him coming out of the preseason.

In 2017, Wright appeared in all 16 games for the Bears and caught 59 passes for 614 yards receiving and one touchdown. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 40 receiver out of 116 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.

Barner, 27, is a former sixth-round pick of the Panthers back in 2013. He spent just over a year in Carolina before he was traded to the Eagles in return for a conditional seventh-round pick that did not meet the qualifications.

The Eagles waived him with an injury settlement at the start of the 2014 season and later brought him back on a future/reserve contract. Philadelphia didn’t tender him a restricted offer a few years ago and he later signed a one-year contract with the Chargers.

Barner returned to the Eagles a few weeks into the 2017 season. The Panthers signed him to a contract back in May but cut him loose last weekend.

In 2017, Barner appeared in 13 games for the Eagles and rushed for 57 yards on 16 carries (4.4 YPC) to go along with five receptions for 56 yards and one touchdown. He also contributed 194 kick return yards and another 240 punt return yards.