The 49ers receiving corps may look a little more whole Sunday in New Orleans than it did in Week 9. Matt Maiocco from NBC Sports Bay Area reported wide receiver Kendrick Bourne will come off the Reserve/COVID-19 list and travel with the club to New Orleans.
Bourne went on the COVID-19 list before Week 9 after a positive test for the virus. He came off the day after the game, but went back on after another positive test following multiple negative tests. Now he’s passed through COVID-19 protocol again and gets to suit up against the Saints.
San Francisco is already short on receivers with Deebo Samuel working through a hamstring issue and River Cracraft nursing a quad injury. It looked like Brandon Aiyuk, Richie James and Trent Taylor would be the team’s three healthy receivers on the 53-man roster. Now they’ll have Bourne who’ll operate as the No. 2 receiver.
He had a good game against the Saints last season with a pair of touchdown catches and a big third-down conversion late in the game. This season Bourne has 25 receptions for 352 yards and a touchdown.
