Bourne agrees to 3-year, $22.5 million deal with Patriots

Updated Mar. 16, 2021 1:56 p.m. ET

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — The Patriots have agreed to terms on a contract with free agent receiver Kendrick Bourne.

His agent, Henry Organ of Disruptive Sports, says the deal is for three years and could be worth as much as $22.5 million. New contracts can't officially be signed until the league year begins on Wednesday.

New England entered free agency looking to spend at least a portion of the more than $65 million it had in salary cap space to upgrade its receiver group. The Patriots' receivers combined for only four touchdown receptions this past season.

The 25-year-old Bourne has caught 11 touchdowns in his four seasons in San Francisco. He'll arrive in Foxborough coming off his best season in 2020, catching 49 passes for 667 yards.

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