Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American professional football quarterback. As a child, he was interested in football, baseball, and basketball, playing all three major American sports with considerable success. He started playing football at the age of eight, after being accepted in a youth football league as a defensive end and punter. A year later, he became the team’s quarterback and threw his very first pass for a long touchdown. He was also included in his high school baseball team as a pitcher who could throw 94-miles-per-hour fastballs. In basketball, he led his team to a high school state championship playoff. Despite achieving most of his high school accolades in baseball, Kaepernick was adamant about playing football in college. He attended the ‘University of Nevada’, Reno, and joined their ‘Nevada Wolf Pack football’ program. He was drafted by the ‘San Francisco 49ers’ as the backup quarterback. At 25, he was instrumental in the 49ers making it to the NFC championship. He drew both praise and criticism in 2016 for protesting against what he perceived as the oppression of the non-white races in America.
