Report: Colin Kaepernick has different approach to NFL opportunity

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick is not worried about an opportunity to start in order to return to the NFL. According to Josina Anderson, host of The Crew, Kaepernick is willing to accept a backup role if that’s what it takes for him to get back into the NFL.

“I’m told Colin Kaepernick has informed others that he’s open to accepting even a backup QB role–if* that’s what it takes–to facilitate a return to the #NFL, per league source. ‘You have to credit Jim Harbaugh that he’s willing to help his former player to try to get back,'” wrote Anderson via Twitter.

Kaepernick hasn’t played in the NFL, following the uproar that surrounded his national anthem protests and unapologetic views on social justice. He left the 49ers after throwing for 12,271 yards and 72 touchdowns in his 69 games with San Francisco.

Kaepernick planning to hold exhibition throwing event at Michigan Spring game

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick is planning on holding an exhibition throwing event. According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the event will take place during the halftime of the Michigan Wolverines spring ball game on Saturday. Kaepernick will have some draft-eligible players participate in the event, and it is believed that NFL teams will have personnel in attendance. Unlike other events between the NFL and the NCAA, NFL teams will be allowed to be in attendance, given that the participants involved are not believed to be current students.

In a tweet sent out earlier in the week, On’3 fan site, The Wolverine, revealed free agent NFL pass catchers will join the former 49ers quarterback during Saturday’s event. This report comes less than a day after Michigan football announced the polarizing activist would be involved with the attraction.

It comes as no surprise given the relationship between Kaepernick and Jim Harbaugh, who coached the budding star from 2011-2014. The duo was photographed together holding a No. 7 Michigan jersey in the official announcement Wednesday evening with the attached message: “Football Family.”