Colin Rand Kaepernick (/'kwp@rnIk/ KAP-@r-nik, born on November 3, 1987) is an American civil rights activist and football player who is an unrestricted free agent. He was a six-year veteran of the San Francisco 49ers' National Football League (NFL) team. In 2016, he knelt during the national anthem before the beginning of NFL games to protest the brutality of police and the racial divide in the United States.Kaepernick played for the college team of the Nevada Wolf Pack, where he was named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Offensive Player of the Year two times and was the first player in NCAA Division I history to accumulate 10,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards over the course of a career. After graduating, he got selected by the 49ers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Kaepernick began his professional football career as a backup quarterback to Alex Smith, and became the 49ers' starter in the middle of the 2012 season after Smith was injured by a concussion. He then remained the team's quarterback of choice for the remainder of the season, leading the team to their first Super Bowl appearance since 1994.
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