No. 2 – New England Patriots | |||||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S. | June 10, 1997||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) | ||||||
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NFL draft: | 2020 / Round: 5 / Pick: 176 | ||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Kendrick Osborn Jr. (born June 10, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Buffalo and Miami (FL). Osborn was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL draft. [1]
Osborn is a native of Ypsilanti, Michigan and attended Lincoln High School before transferring to IMG Academy for his senior year. [2] Osborn played at SUNY Buffalo for three years. He had 96 catches for 1,490 yards and 12 touchdowns. Osborn earned second-team All-MAC honors in his last year at Buffalo. [2] He enrolled at the University of Miami as a graduate transfer in 2019. He led the Hurricanes with 50 receptions for 547 yards and five touchdowns, in addition to returning 16 punts for 255 yards (15.9 average) and 10 kickoffs for 201 yards (20.1 average). [3]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m) | 203 lb (92 kg) | 31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.48 s | 1.58 s | 2.61 s | 4.35 s | 7.00 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) | 18 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine [4] [5] |
Osborn was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round (176th pick) of the 2020 NFL draft. [3]
In Week 1, Osborn had 7 receptions for 76 receiving yards in a 27–24 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. In Week 2, Osborn had a breakout game, bringing in 5 catches for 91 yards and a touchdown in a narrow 34–33 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 6, Osborn caught the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime against the Carolina Panthers. In Week 14, Osborn had 3 receptions for 83 yards, including a 63 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kirk Cousins, in a 36–28 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Osborn finished the regular season with 655 receiving yards and seven touchdowns; both statistics ranked as third-most on the Vikings behind fellow wide receivers Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen. [6]
During Week 15 against the Indianapolis Colts, Osborn finished with 157 receiving yards and a touchdown on 10 receptions. Trailing by 33 points, the Vikings came back and won 39–36 in overtime, the largest comeback in NFL history. [7] In Week 18, Osborn had his second-career 100+-yard game in the season finale against the Chicago Bears, finishing with 117 receiving yards on 5 receptions. [8]
On March 13, 2024, Osborn became an unrestricted free agent. [9]
On March 19, 2024, Osborn signed with the New England Patriots. [10]
Osborn is a Christian. [11] On March 6, 2023, Osborn and three others helped save a man from a burning car in Austin. [12] [13] [14]
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