![]() Who’s working? I will pull up.”Īnd it was in Houston where Kaepernick pulled up on Tuesday.Ĭopyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved. But man, do I miss throwing to professional route runners. On the surface, there’s some basic merit to the double standard arising from Tebow finding a past back to pro football while Kaepernick still waits. I’m really grateful to my trainer, who I’ve been throwing to all this time. It’s easy to point to the anticipated signing of Tim Tebow by the Jaguars and then point out the ongoing shunning of Colin Kaepernick. On Sunday, Kaepernick tweeted: “For The past 5 years I’ve been working out and staying ready in case an opportunity to play presented itself. ![]() ![]() In those games, he threw for over 2200 yards with 16 touchdown passes and 4 interceptions, also rushing for two more touchdowns. In his final season of 2016, Kaepernick played in 12 games, starting 11 for the 49ers. Kaepernick and then-teammate Eric Reid filed collusion grievances against the league in October of 2017, saying they were blacklisted because of protests during the anthem at games. The quarterback, who helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance following the 2012 season, last played in the NFL in 2016, the same year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. Kaepernick is giving the NFL another go, hoping to return to playing in the NFL. The group of receivers included former University of Houston quarterback and current Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Greg Ward, former UH Cougar and current Buffalo Bills wide receiver Marquez Stevenson, and former Fort Bend Elkins High School standout J’Mon Moore (University of Missouri, spent 2018 with the Green Bay Packers). Whitfield and local trainer Delfonte Diamond helped put a group of players together to work with Kaepernick in Houston on Tuesday. Kaepernick recently posted video of a workout with Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett. RELATED: Spike Lee to direct Colin Kaepernick docu-series for ESPN RELATED: Colin Kaepernick still wants to play in NFL, seeks receivers HOUSTON – Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick spent his Tuesday afternoon in Houston throwing to a number of area receivers, after taking up an invitation from Houston-area trainer Rischad “The Footwork King” Whitfield.
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