Colin Kaepernick hasn’t performed within the NFL in 5 years, however he has spent that point sustaining the energy, pace, and abilities required of a professional quarterback on the sphere. In 2019, Kaepernick revealed that he wakes up at 5 a.m. each day for his exercises, displaying that he’s nonetheless primed to play. After sending a callout for gamers to run routes with him on Twitter, Kaepernick launched a brand new YouTube video capturing his coaching, a collection of throwing drills with Seattle Seahawks extensive receiver Tyler Lockett, proving that his arm has removed from atrophied.
Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers after six seasons in 2017 after drawing criticism for his political activism. “My protest was the fruits of years of thought and experiences, of studying and unlearning,” Kaepernick stated in 2020. He started kneeling throughout the nationwide anthem earlier than video games in protest towards police brutality and racial inequality—a follow which has since turn out to be extra well-liked amongst athletes however which led to backlash towards Kaepernick on the time—and has not been signed by a crew since.
Nonetheless, this new coaching session with Lockett has prompted some hypothesis amongst pundits that Kaepernick might be about to make his long-awaited return to skilled soccer. One potential touchdown spot might be with Lockett’s crew, the Seahawks. The membership appeared to contemplate signing Kaepernick again in 2017 when he turned a free agent, and introduced him in for a go to earlier than declining to supply him a contract. On the time, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll stated that he did not need to signal Kaepernick as a result of he considered the previous 49ers participant as a starter, and the crew already had a famous person QB in Russell Wilson. In 2020, the coach advised reporters he regretted not signing Kaepernick. “However there’s loads of time right here,” Carroll stated in 2020. “We’ll see what occurs.”
