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Ex-49ers WR Jalen Hurd gets a shot with Patriots

Originally posted on 49ers Webzone | By David Bonilla | Last updated 7/24/23

The New England Patriots are reportedly giving Jalen Hurd a shot at an NFL return. The San Francisco 49ers made the wide receiver a third-round pick in 2019, hoping the versatile player could elevate the offense.

Hurd never appeared in a regular-season NFL game.

Breaking: The #Patriots have agreed to terms with former #49ers 3rd-round selection and Baylor standout, WR Jalen Hurd, per source. pic.twitter.com/A3lZmS0nSq— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) July 24, 2023

The injury-plagued wideout's time with the 49ers ended when the team released him on November 11, 2021.

Hurd spent his rookie campaign on injured reserve. He tore his ACL in 2020 and landed on injured reserve again in 2021.

"We realized he wasn't going to come back this year," head coach Kyle Shanahan said after Hurd's departure. "We were giving it as much time as we could. We all felt very strongly that if he could come back, how much he could have helped us. But for the third year in a row, just with his [bad luck] with these injuries, how it was healing, we knew it wasn't going to be this year.

"Just going into a fourth year in a row of it would just be too much of a risk for our organization, so we had to move on."

Now, Hurd hopes to resurrect his NFL career with the Patriots.

This article first appeared on 49ers Webzone and was syndicated with permission.

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