UPDATED: Colin Kaepernick, who has not thrown a pass in the NFL since 2016, will work out this week for the Las Vegas Raiders, according the ESPN’s Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Yahoo Sports also confirmed the news with what it said were two sources close to the quarterback.Colin Kaepernick, who last played football in 2016, the same year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, is scheduled to work out this week for the Las Vegas Raiders, league sources told ESPN.More on NFL Live now.
pic.twitter.com/zAuWybhILx— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 25, 2022A little less than a month ago, Raiders owner Mark Davis said of Kaepernick that he “would welcome him with open arms” so long as the team’s coaches and GM were on board. “”He deserves every chance in the world to become a quarterback in the National Football League,” said Davis.Kaepernick, 34, has made it clear he would like to return to the league.
He frequently posts footage online of his workouts with other players and skills coaches. Last month, he shared a video of a visit he made to the University of Michigan where he says he was “exited to be named Honorary Captain and to get some throws in at halftime.”Last year, Netflix released Colin in Black and White, a series he starred in and co-produced with Ava DuVernay that explores Kaepernick’s high school years, his development as an athlete and human and the experiences that led him to become an activist.PREVIOUSLY on April 28: “I believe in Colin Kaepernick,” said Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis last night in an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area. “He deserves every chance in the world to become a quarterback in the National Football League.
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