Colin Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL in five years, but he has spent that time maintaining the strength, speed, and skills required of a pro quarterback on the field. In 2019, Kaepernick revealed that he wakes up at 5 a.m. every day for his workouts, showing that he is still primed to play. After sending a callout for players to run routes with him on Twitter, Kaepernick released a new YouTube video capturing his training, a series of throwing drills with Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett, proving that his arm has far 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 culmination of years of thought and experiences, of learning and unlearning,” Kaepernick said in 2020. He began kneeling during the national anthem before games in protest against police brutality and racial inequality—a practice which has since become more popular among athletes but which led to backlash against Kaepernick at the time—and has not been signed by a team since.
However, this new training session with Lockett has prompted some speculation among pundits that Kaepernick could be about to make his long-awaited return to professional football. One potential landing spot could be with Lockett’s team, the Seahawks. The club seemed to consider signing Kaepernick back in 2017 when he became a free agent, and brought him in for a visit before declining to offer him a contract. At the time, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said that he didn’t want to sign Kaepernick because he viewed the former 49ers player as a starter, and the team already had a superstar QB in Russell Wilson. In 2020, the coach told reporters he regretted not signing Kaepernick. “But there’s a lot of time here,” Carroll said in 2020. “We’ll see what happens.”
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Seattle recently traded Wilson to the Denver Broncos, leaving a vacancy in the starting quarterback position. “They ultimately chose not to [sign Kaepernick], reasoning that his potential popularity in the locker room could feel threatening to Russell Wilson,” tweeted reporter Michael Silver. “Now Kaepernick says he’s in shape & Seattle has no incumbent QB. What now?”
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