10 Fascinating Facts About Colin Kaepernick

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Check Out These 10 Fascinating Facts About Colin Kaepernick 10. During Kaepernick's first year starting in the NFL, coming in for the injured Alex Smith midseason, he set an NFL record for most rushing yards by a Quarterback in a single game with 181 yards. He would eventually help lead San Francisco to their first appearance in the big game since 1994. 9. Colin Kaepernick is currently dating Nessa, a radio a T.V. personality who has hosted and appeared on multiple shows on both MTV and MTV2. 8. Kaepernicking- Nearing the end of his 2012 season, Kaepernick developed his very own signature celebration which quickly came to be known as “Kaepernicking”, where Collin would flex and kiss his bicep or as he described “his faith to god” because of the bible verse he has tattooed on his bicep. Like Tebowing, Kaepernicking promptly became a social media trend, with thousands of people taking photos of themselves Kaepernicking,. 7.Pet tortoise- When Collin Kaepernick was 10 years old he had a pet tortoise by the name of Sammy, who grew up to 115 pounds. 6.UNR info- Kaepernick played Quarterback for University of Nevada Reno, where he set and broke several NCAA records. He was also named Most Valuable Player of the Humanitarian Bowl in 2008, a game which UNR actually lost. 5.Pitching career- While in High School, Collin Kaepernick encountered the bulk of his athletic success on a baseball diamond rather than a football field. He actually received multiple scholarship offers from colleges that wanted him to come pitch for them, however he wanted to pursue football. Collin was twice named an All State baseball player in the state of California and was even named as a touted, major league draft prospect on the Major League Baseball website for the 2006 MLB draft class. 4.Adopted by white family- Collin was only a few weeks old when he was given up for adoption by an impoverished teenage mother, and was adopted by Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, in milwaukee, WI, where the future football star was born and raised. 3.“N word” incident- Colin Kaepernick, was fined $11,000 for using racial slurs after his team suffered a loss on September 14th 2015. The racial slur in question is the N-word. 2. Letter to himself- When Colin Kaepernick was just 10 years old, he wrote a what would prove to be a prophetic letter to himself in which he claimed he would grow to be over 6 feet tall and almost 200 pounds, and "then go to the pros and play on the Niners or Packers even if they aren't good in seven years" 1. Protest of National Anthem- Colin Kaepernick thrusted himself more into the race debate taking place in the country when he refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game. Kaepernick claimed that his refusal to stand was in protest to the oppression of African Americans in America. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," he said afterward in an interview. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.”