Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American civil rights activist and former football quarterback. He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League.
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Signed Patriots:
Kaepernick will hold a throwing exhibition during halftime of the University of Michigan’s spring game on Saturday at Michigan Stadium, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported, via the transaction wire.
Draft-eligible players will catch passes from Kaepernick, and NFL team personnel in attendance will be permitted to watch the event, Pelissero added.
Did Patriots Sign:
Years ago after Kaepernick had been released by the 49ers and replaced by Blaine Gabbert (seriously, that is true), Seattle sniffed at bringing in Kaepernick to back up Russell Wilson.
This was cool because it seemed to show Pete Carroll as an open-minded guy and Seattle as the team and city that would be one of the few to entertain bringing Kaepernick in.
But Seattle didn’t sign Kaepernick in 2018 and, in fact, canceled his workout when Kaepernick reportedly wouldn’t promise to stop kneeling for the national anthem. So this was decidedly un-cool of Seattle to do and made them seem like every other team.
Patriots:
Kaepernick last played in the 2016 season, in which he peacefully protested social injustice and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem.
He went unsigned in the following offseason, and has since been steadily working toward finding employment in the league.
Kaepernick drew renewed interest in his services in the summer of 2020 when the NFL expressed it would welcome Kaepernick back, but left the decision up to its member clubs to sign him. No team has done so to this point, but Saturday could help draw interest in him as a free-agent addition.
