Colin Kaepernick wants to play flag football at 2028 Olympics – NBC Bay Area

Colin Kaepernick nonetheless needs to play soccer within the NFL…and within the Olympics?

The previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who final performed within the NFL in 2016, was requested about the opportunity of enjoying flag soccer on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

“Hopefully we’ll be on the market,” Kaepernick informed Sky Sports activities. “We’re gonna work on some issues, see if we will make it in there. However we might like to be on the market.”

The non-contact sport, wherein a cease is made by ripping off one of many flags connected to a belt on a ball provider’s waist, will make its Olympic debut in 2028. Some NFL gamers have already expressed curiosity in enjoying, and the league reportedly is encouraging energetic gamers to compete.

The 36-year-old Kaepernick has not performed within the NFL since parting methods with the 49ers in 2016 after he started kneeling throughout the enjoying of the nationwide anthem in protest of racial injustice.

“We’re nonetheless coaching, nonetheless pushing,” he informed Sky Sports activities. “So, hopefully. We simply gotta get considered one of these group homeowners to open up.”

Kaepernick, drafted by San Francisco within the second spherical of the 2011 draft, spent his total six-year NFL profession with the 49ers. He led the 49ers to Tremendous Bowl XLVII, the place they misplaced to the Baltimore Ravens by a rating of 34-31. 

Kaepernick has a 28-30 profession document within the common season with 12,271 passing yards, 72 passing touchdowns, 30 interceptions, a 59.8 completion share and 13 speeding touchdowns.

The 49ers, in Kaepernick’s last season with the group in 2016, went simply 1-10 in his begins.

He has been unable to garner a lot curiosity across the league since, regardless of some high-profile exercises and open auditions.

He met with the Seattle Seahawks in 2017 and labored out for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022, however each groups declined to signal him. Kaepernick wrote a letter to the New York Jets final season requesting to hitch the apply squad after their recently-acquired quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles harm on the group’s first offensive possession.

“I imply, it is one thing I’ve educated my complete life for,” Kaepernick informed Sky Sports activities when requested what it could imply to return to the NFL. “So, to have the ability to step again on the sector, I believe that will be a serious second, a serious accomplishment for me. Additionally, I believe it is one thing that I can carry so much to a group and assist them win a championship.”