Colin Kaepernick ‘Fully’ Wants to Play, Contacts All 32 NFL Groups Every person year

Bigger than seven years since he played in his final NFL sport, Colin Kaepernick is level-headed hoping for a replace for come wait on to the league.

In an interview with Adriana Diaz of CBS Mornings (starts at 2: 55 designate), Kaepernick acknowledged he “fully” level-headed desires to play real football and trains on a standard foundation 5 or six days per week.

Kaepernick moreover informed Diaz his camp level-headed contacts all 32 NFL groups all over the year to salvage a enormous gamble to showcase what he can carry out (starts at 3: 50 designate).

“My biggest thing is, correct let me salvage on the sphere,” he acknowledged. “If I’m no longer correct ample, chop me. But give me the probability to level to you what I will be capable to carry out.”

Kaepernick spent six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers from 2011 to ’16. He threw for 12,271 yards, ran for 2,300 yards and accounted for 85 touchdowns in 69 games.

The 49ers developed to Tall Bowl 47 in 2012 after Kaepernick changed Alex Smith as their initiating quarterback midway thru the everyday season. His 181 rushing yards in the NFC Divisional Round in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in January 2013 are the most by a quarterback in a playoff sport.

Throughout the 2016 season, Kaepernick protested sooner than games by taking a knee sooner than the nationwide anthem in the wake of police shootings of Philando Castile, Charles Kinsey and the acquittal of police in the 2015 loss of life of Freddie Gray.

“I’m no longer going to stand as much as level to be pleased a flag for a rustic that oppresses Unlit folks and folks of coloration,” Kaepernick informed Steve Wyche of NFL.com (h/t Legit Soccer Recount’s Mike Florio) in August 2016. “To me, right here is higher than football and it will in all probability be egocentric on my section to glimpse the unsuitable device. There are our bodies in the avenue and folks getting paid trail away and getting away with raze.”

Outdated 49ers head coach Chip Kelly, who changed into as soon as with the team correct thru the 2016 season, acknowledged in June 2017 that Kaepernick’s verbalize changed into as soon as “zero distraction” for the club and “he’s a big player that mean that you just must perchance moreover clutch.”

After the 49ers hired Kyle Shanahan in February 2017, Kaepernick opted out of his contract the next month to transform an unrestricted free agent. He has long gone unsigned by all 32 groups in the next six years.

Kaepernick filed a grievance in opposition to the NFL for collusion in October 2017. Eric Reid, who played with Kaepernick in San Francisco and joined the verbalize sooner than games, moreover filed a collusion grievance in opposition to the league in Might perchance well 2018.

Both players reached a settlement with the league in February 2019. Reid played two more seasons in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers in 2018 and 2019.

Kaepernick had a discuss over with with the Seattle Seahawks in the spring of 2017. Head coach Pete Carroll informed journalists on the time they handed on signing him on fable of “he’s a starter on this league” and so they couldn’t offer him taking part in time with Russell Wilson as their quarterback.

The Las Vegas Raiders introduced in Kaepernick for a workout in Might perchance well 2022. They were the indispensable team to present him an legit workout since he opted out of his take care of the 49ers.

Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels informed journalists they introduced in Kaepernick on fable of they are on the lookout for to “glimpse at every alternative” to enhance the team. He harm up leaving the workout without a deal.

Kaepernick, 35, has persevered his activism whereas attempting to resume his football occupation. He established the “Know Your Rights Camp” collectively along with his associate, Nessa, in 2016. He started his agree with publishing company in March 2019 to promote and elevate new writers with numerous parts of stare.