Bio updated 1/18/17
 

*** 2016 All-American ***

Career: Following the end of his Eastern career, Bourne and teammate Samson Ebukam were selected to play in the NFL Players Association Bowl on Jan. 21, 2017, in Carson, Calif. Bourne combined with Cooper Kupp for FCS records for combined career catches (639) and combined career yards (9,594). Bourne had 211 career receptions for 3,130 yards and 27 touchdowns, and finished his career ranked in the top seven in all three categories in school history. A three-time All-Big Sky selection, his touchdowns and receptions are both seventh, with Tony Davis (213 from 2006-09) and his wide receivers coach Nicholas Edwards (215 from 2009-12) ranking just ahead him on the lists. Bourne finished fifth in yards, moving past the total of 2,634 by Edwards against Montana on Oct. 29, then moved into fifth in his final career game and past the 3,013 yards of Tony Brooks from 1990-93. He ended his career with a streak of 39 straight games with at least one reception. He played in 53 career games, including 32 as a starter to rank second on the team among offensive players (Cooper Kupp started all 52 of the games he played in his career). Bourne had eight plays of at least 40 yards in his career, including a 63-yard touchdown rush and TD receptions of 98 and 83 yards. He had 11 performances with at least 100 yards receiving with six of them coming in his senior season. In five career games in the FCS Playoffs, he had 24 catches for 348 yards and a TD. In his four seasons playing for Eastern, the Eagles won 41 games overall and were 28-4 in the Big Sky Conference.
 
2016: Was selected to the Hero Sports All-America third team and the Big Sky Conference coaches selected him as a second team All-Big Sky selection. Started 13 games at wide receiver. Bourne finished the 2016 season with 79 catches for 1,201 yards and seven touchdowns. His catches were the 11th-most in school history and his yards rank 13th. He was 32nd in FCS and sixth in the Big Sky in receptions per game (5.6), and was 26th and fourth, respectively, in receiving yards per game (85.8). Bourne ended his career with three catches for 119 yards and an 83-yard touchdown reception from Gage Gubrud against Youngstown State (12/17/16) in the semifinals of the FCS Playoffs. In the process, Bourne ended his career with a 39-game streak of catching at least one pass. He caught a career-high 13 passes (fifth in school history) in the second round of the playoffs against Central Arkansas (12/3/16), finishing with 126 yards. He also had eight catches for 133 yards earlier in the season versus North Dakota State (9/10/16) and had five grabs for 124 yards versus Montana (10/29/16). His 10-yard TD pass from Gubrud in the fourth quarter against Portland State (11/16/16) provided the winning points in a 35-28 victory that gave EWU the Big Sky Conference co-championship with a perfect 8-0 record. He also had eight catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns in a 63-30 win over UC Davis (10/1/16) to earn team offensive player of the week honors.
 
2015: Earned second team All-Big Sky honors after starting 10 of the 11 games he played. He finished his junior season with 73 catches (12th-most in school history at the time, now 15th) for 998 yards and eight touchdowns. He ranked 15th in FCS in receiving yards (fourth in the Big Sky), 15th in receptions per game (6.6, second in Big Sky), 18th in receiving yards per game (90.7, fourth) and 23rd in touchdown catches (8, fifth). His nine-catch, 154-yard effort against Northern Arizona (11/7/15) was the fifth 100-yard performance of his career. He had back-to-back season-high performances of 10 catches in October. He had 84 yards and a pair of touchdowns in EWU’s 42-41 overtime victory over Cal Poly (10/10/15) to earn co-team offensive player of the week honors. He then had 102 yards versus Idaho State (10/17/15) to again win co-team offensive player of the week honors. He had a 25-yard TD on the first play of OT against Cal Poly, and had six other catches in the fourth quarter to help EWU rally from a 15-point deficit to win 42-41. One game earlier, he finished with seven catches for a career-high 204 yards and a touchdown in EWU’s 28-20 victory over Sacramento State (9/26/15). In those three games (Cal Poly, ISU, Sac State) combined, Bourne had 27 grabs for 390 yards and three touchdowns. Against Sac State, Eastern was backed up at its own 2-yard line early and trailing Sac State by 13 points in the third quarter, but Bourne and quarterback Jordan West hooked up on an electric 98-yard pass play that started a 21-0 scoring run for the Eagles. But the long pass wasn’t a school record. Jason Anderson caught a 99-yard TD from Todd Bernett on Sept. 17, 1994, for a school, Big Sky and FCS record that can never be broken – just tied. Bourne also had a non-scoring 43-yard reception from West, who set the school record with 491 passing yards versus the Hornets. Bourne’s 204 yards versus the Hornets at the time ranked ninth in EWU history, and one of only 12 200-yard performances all-time. He closed the season with a 63-yard touchdown run versus Portland State (11/21/15).
 
2014: Earned honorable mention All-Big Sky honors as a wide receiver after playing in all 14 games and starting nine. He had 52 catches, good for 814 yards and 10 touchdowns. He made his first career start versus Washington (9/6/14), and finished with eight catches for 114 yards. He had a 33-yard TD pass in the first quarter, giving him five touchdown catches on 16 receptions at that juncture of the season, and seven TDs on 23 career catches. He also had a 100-yard performance against Idaho State (10/4/14) when he finished with six catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. He scored twice versus Southern Utah (10/11/14), finishing with five catches and 90 yards. He caught TD passes of 29 and 15 yards from Jordan West, who was making the first start of his career for EWU. He also had two TD receptions versus Montana Western (8/30/14), finishing with six catches for 89 yards. With EWU trailing by seven points and facing a fourth-and-10 on its own 39-yard-line with 1:15 left in the game, Bourne’s 40-yard reception helped EWU pull out a 52-51 victory at Montana State (9/20/14). He was the leading receiver in three spring scrimmages with a total of 13 catches for 148 yards and three touchdowns. He had six catches for 67 yards alone in EWU’s Red-White Spring Football Game.
 
2013: Played extensively as a backup wide receiver, missing just the North Dakota game (10/12/13) because of an ankle injury. In EWU’s next game he had a 31-yard touchdown reception. His first career touchdown was a 14-yard reception versus Western Oregon (9/7/13). He finished the season with seven catches for 117 yards, including two for 38 yards versus Southern Utah (10/19/13).
 
HS: Graduated from Milwaukie Arts Academy in Portland, Ore., in 2013. The Charter school is on the campus of Milwaukie High School where Bourne played football. He scored a touchdown to help lead his North squad to a 21-14 victory in the Les Schwab all-star football game on June 22, 2013, in Hillsboro, Ore. Bourne was also invited to play in the Polynesian All-American Bowl in La Mirada, Calif. in January, 2013. He was chosen as a second team 5A All-State selection by the Oregonian. He was a first team All-Northwest Oregon Conference selection as a wide receiver and a second team selection as a safety. He finished the 2012 season with 54 receptions for 1,292 receiving yards (23.9 per catch) with a long of 90 and 18 touchdowns. Also had 14 carries for 100 yards rushing and one TD. He had six 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 199 yards on eight receptions in the final game of the season against Churchill. He had three receiving TDs in each of the last three games of the season. He finished second in receiving yards and touchdown receptions among players from the 5A and 6A ranks in the state of Oregon. He helped lead Milwaukie to a 7-3 record, including a 5-2 league mark. Bourne also played basketball for the Mustangs, who were the State 5A runners-up in Oregon in the 2011-12 season. In his senior season, Milwaukie finished 17-6 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Prior to playing for Milwaukie, he was a two-way starter in football in 2011 as a junior at Benson Tech in Portland. Bourne had 32 receptions for 446 yards and three touchdowns on offense, as the Techmen finished 2-8. He also started as a freshman at Benson Tech when the school finished 5-5, but did not play as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Communication studies major. Born 8/4/95 in Portland, Ore. His parents are Eric and Luisa Turner. Last name is pronounced “born.”
 

Year	GP	PC	Hi	Yds	Apr	Apg	TD	Lg
2013	14	7	2	117	16.7	0.5	2	34
2014	14	52	8	814	15.7	3.7	10	43t
2015	11	73	10	998	13.7	6.6	8	98t
2016	14	79	13	1201	15.2	5.6	7	83t
Totals	53	211	13	3130	14.8	4.0	27	98t

Rushing: 2015/2-75-1TD (long of 63t), 2016/3-13-0TD (long of 7), Totals/5-88-1TD (long of 63t)


Honors Won by Kendrick Bourne
2016 Third Team All-America (Hero Sports/Announced on Dec. 30)
2016 Second Team All-Big Sky Conference (selected by league’s head coaches)
2016 Preseason First Team All-Big Sky Conference (College Sports Madness)
2015 Second Team All-Big Sky Conference (selected by league’s head coaches)
2014 Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference (selected by league’s head coaches)

Top Receiving Performances (11 with 100+)
7 catches, 204 yards (#11 in EWU history), 1 TD – Sac. State – 9/26/15
9 catches, 154 yards, 0 TD – Northern Arizona – 11/7/15
10 catches, 152 yards, 1 TD – Northern Iowa – 9/17/16
8 catches, 133 yards, 0 TD – North Dakota State – 9/10/16
13 catches (#5 in EWU history), 126 yards, 0 TD – Central Arkansas – 12/3/16
5 catches, 124 yards, 0 TD – Montana – 10/29/16
3 catches, 119 yards, 1 TD – Youngstown State – 12/17/16
8 catches, 114 yards, 1 TD – Washington – 9/6/14
6 catches, 114 yards, 1 TD – Idaho State – 10/4/14
10 catches, 102 yards 0 TD ­– Idaho State – 10/17/15
6 catches, 100 yards, 0 TD – Northern Arizona – 9/24/16
-- Also had 10 catches vs. Cal Poly on 10/10/15.
 
Long Plays of 40+ Yards (8)
98 yard reception (TD from Jordan West) – Sacramento State – 9/26/15
83 yard reception (TD from Gage Gubrud) – Youngstown State – 12/17/16
63 yard rush (TD) – Portland State – 11/21/15
53 yard reception (from Jordan West) – Northern Arizona – 11/7/15
43 yard reception (from Jordan West) – Sacramento State – 9/26/15
40-yard reception (from Gage Gubrud) – Montana – 10/29/16
40 yard reception (from Gage Gubrud) – Northern Arizona – 9/24/16
40 yard reception (from Vernon Adams) – Montana State – 9/20/14
 
KENDRICK BOURNE Records Broken in 2016
FCS – *Career Combined Receptions by Two Players – 639 (Bourne with 211 and Cooper Kupp with 428 from 2013-16) . . . old record 420
FCS – *Career Combined Receiving Yards by Two Players – 9,594 (Bourne with 3,130 and Kupp with 6,464 from 2013-16) . . . old record 5,806
 
Big Sky & EWU Career Touchdown Receptions Leaders
 1. - 73 - Cooper Kupp (#1 BSC/#1 FCS) - 2013-16 (52)
 2. - 46 - Eric Kimble (#2 BSC/#7 FCS) - 2002-05 (46)
 3 - 33 - Nicholas Edwards - 2009-12 &  Brandon Kaufman - 2009-12
 5. - 32 - Shaq Hill - 2012-16 (55)
 6. - 29 - Aaron Boyce - 2006-09
 7. - 27 - Kendrick Bourne - 2013-16 (53)

EWU Career Pass Receptions Leaders
 1. - 418 - Cooper Kupp (#1 BSC/#1 FCS) - 2013-16
 2. - 253 - Eric Kimble (#3 BSC/#18 FCS) - 2002-05
 3. - 222 - Aaron Boyce (#8 BSC) - 2006-09
 4. - 221 - Brandon Kaufman (#9 BSC) - 2009-12
 5. - 215 - Nicholas Edwards (#11 BSC) - 2009-12
 6. - 213 - Tony Davis - 2006-09
 7. - 211 - Kendrick Bourne - 2013-16
 
EWU Career Pass Reception Yards Leaders
 1. - 6,464 - Cooper Kupp (#1 BSC/#1 FCS) - 2013-16
 2. - 4,140 - Eric Kimble (#2 BSC/#10 FCS) - 2002-05
 3. - 3,731 - Brandon Kaufman (#25 FCS) - 2009-12
 4. - 3,330 - Aaron Boyce - 2006-07
 5. - 3,130 - Kendrick Bourne - 2013-16
 
EWU Single Season Pass Receptions Leaders
 1. - 117 - Cooper Kupp - 2016
 2. - 114 - Cooper Kupp - 2015
 3. - 104 - Cooper Kupp - 2013
 4. - 95 - Nicholas Edwards - 2011
 5. - 93 - Cooper Kupp - 2013 &  Brandon Kaufman - 2012
 7. - 87 - Eric Kimble - 2005
 8. - 85 - Aaron Boyce - 2007
 9. - 83 - Ashton Clark - 2013 & Eric Kimble - 2004
11. - 79 - Kendrick Bourne - 2016
12. - 77 - Shaq Hill - 2016 & Tony Davis - 2009
14. - 76 - Brandon Kaufman - 2010
15. - 73 - Kendrick Bourne - 2015
 
EWU Single Season Receiving Yards Leaders
 1. - 1850 - Brandon Kaufman - 2012
 2. - 1700 - Cooper Kupp - 2016
 3. - 1691 - Cooper Kupp - 2013
 4. - 1642 - Cooper Kupp - 2015
 5. - 1453 - Eric Kimble - 2004
 6. - 1431 - Cooper Kupp - 2014
 7. - 1419 - Eric Kimble - 2005
 8. - 1376 - Jeff Ogden - 1997
 9. - 1308 - Aaron Boyce - 2007
10. - 1250 - Nicholas Edwards - 2011
11. - 1233 - Ashton Clark - 2013
12. - 1214 - Brandon Kaufman - 2010
13. - 1201 - Kendrick Bourne - 2016
NR - 998 - Kendrick Bourne - 2015