Former Super Bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick has not played in the NFL since the 2016 season following his protests during the national anthem, but it sounds like he’s still intent on making a comeback to the league.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Kaepernick says he still trains five or six days a week to keep himself in shape and is ready to play in the NFL, if given the opportunity.
“I’m going to keep pushing,” Kaepernick says. “I’m going to keep fighting for it because I know I can step on the field and play. Every workout, every opportunity I’ve had to show that, the feedback has always been positive. Everything from, ‘He’s still an elite player,’ to ‘The workout was great; it was better than expected.’
“When I had my workout with the Raiders last year, even training with guys, there’s a decent amount of people who may have forgotten what I was capable of doing on the field, so any chance to be able to remind people of what I can do out there, I look forward to and embrace, and I look forward to the day that I get to step on the field and show people what I can do.”
After Kaepernick went unsigned after his protest, he accused NFL owners of blackballing him from the league. The two sides eventually settled outside of court, and he held multiple tryouts in front of NFL scouts but has not been given a contract with any team.
