Transcript for Colin Kaepernick completes surprise workout for possible comeback
- Colin Kaepernick makes a return to the football field, leaving many wondering whether we could see him back in the NFL.
- This morning Colin Kaepernick trying to stage a comeback on the gridiron.
COLIN KAEPERNICK: And really just looking for an opportunity for a door to open, and to be able to get back in there, get a starting job, and lead the team to a championship.
- Kaepernick showing off his arm to NFL Scouts during halftime of Michigan's spring game Saturday. After an invitation by head coach and mentor Jim Harbaugh. The former Super Bowl QB hasn't taken an NFL field since 2016, but says he's healthy, ready, and thinks he can help a team.
COLIN KAEPERNICK: To the teams that have questions, I'd love to come in for a workout. I'd love to sit down with you and have that conversation about how I can help you be a better team.
- Kaepernick made headlines and sparked national controversy when he began kneeling during the pre-game national anthem to protest racial injustice. Despite leading the 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2013, no other team in the NFL hired the QB when he and San Francisco parted ways.
- We've heard certain coaches and organizations say that Colin Kaepernick is worthy of consideration. But while people say that, nobody actually does it.
- Since leaving the NFL, Kaepernick has continued his social justice work.
COLIN KAEPERNICK: Believe in something.
Even if it means sacrificing everything.
- Supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
- And he's been punished all these years, and you like to think that a league that has been open minded in many other areas, would be as open minded to Colin Kaepernick. But so far, it hasn't been.
- And Kaepernick has said previously that he has continued to wake up early in the morning and workout, as an athlete, in hopes that he will be given that next chance. So he is fit, but we will have to wait and see if a team picks him up.
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