He also hit one home run with 24 runs batted in, and secured 56 hits across the 59 games. Despite his success, he chose to accept the one football offer he received from college, leaving his baseball career behind. It's also worth noting that Kaepernick was on his high school basketball team, and averaged just under 14 points per game in his final two years.
Kaepernick's athletic abilities continued to develop in high school and by his junior and senior years. Not content with just being on the baseball and basketball teams, he was also the school's starting quarterback.
Across his final two years, he secured 3, passing yards and 38 touchdowns for Pitman High School. Kaepernick received most of his athletic accolades from baseball, and even received offers to play at Notre Dame, Tennessee, and Arizona State universities, but his heart was set on playing football.
He started his first year in as a back-up quarterback but still played 11 games in his first season. Individually he enjoyed a generally successful start to life on the team, despite it being an indifferent season for the Wolf Pack who ended 6—7. He finished with a As a sophomore he became the starting quarterback and improved the Wolf Pack's fortunes slightly, ending the season 7—6. Across the season he recorded 2, passing yards, threw 22 passing touchdowns with seven interceptions while he also secured 1, rushing yards and scored 17 rushing touchdowns.
It was only after a tryout at a camp put on by the University of Nevada, Reno, that Kaepernick showed enough to warrant a scholarship, and he subsequently enrolled at the school in the fall of Recruited to play safety, Kaepernick stepped in to play QB in the fifth game of his freshman year, when the team's starter went out with an injury against Fresno State.
Throwing for yards and four touchdowns, Kaepernick never relinquished the starting role and finished the year with 19 touchdowns. Fast and strong, Kaepernick put up gaudy numbers during his four years playing for the Wolf Pack. He set several school records and became the first quarterback in the history of Division I FBS to pass for more than 10, yards and rush for more than 4, yards.
While concerns about Kaepernick's throwing accuracy still hovered around him, the San Francisco 49ers selected the quarterback in the second round of the NFL draft. After serving as a backup throughout his rookie season to the team's longtime starter, Alex Smith, Kaepernick took over as the team's No.
As he had done in college, Kaepernick quickly adapted to the new competition, dazzling 49er fans and coaches with his unmatched athleticism. After the second-year QB led the club to several big wins, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh named the young player his permanent starting quarterback.
Because the team had come within several plays of going to the Super Bowl just a year before, and because Smith had recently garnered one of the league's premier QB ratings, the decision was a controversial one. But Kaepernick shut out the noise. As the wins mounted, Kaepernick's celebrity grew, even his well-tattooed arms gained notoriety. In his first postseason start, he dominated Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, rushing for yards to a set a new NFL single game record for a quarterback.
Kaepernick opened the season on a strong note, passing for yards and three touchdowns. The 49ers went on to notch a record and earn a playoff berth, although this time the season ended with a close loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC championship game. Despite more standout moments from their franchise QB, the 49ers slipped to an mark in The wheels then completely came off in , with Kaepernick losing his starting job before being sidelined for the final month-plus with a shoulder injury.
After the season, his desire to be traded to another team went unfulfilled. Kaepernick became embroiled in a thorny issue when he refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game in late August Over the course of the season, Kaepernick continued to draw attention for his refusal to stand for the anthem, drawing both support and condemnation from fellow NFL players, politicians and celebrities. Kaepernick's awareness is an 87, top among Madden 22 quarterbacks and above the likes of bona fide stars in Josh Allen , Kyler Murray and Matthew Stafford.
The former Nevada dual-threat star's speed is an 83 -- inexplicably identical to Baker Mayfield , who's not exactly a burner. The year-old last played in under coach Chip Kelly, throwing for 16 touchdowns to only four interceptions but losing 10 of his 11 starts. In May , Kaepernick visited with the Seahawks but did not sign a deal or even work out with the team.
He held an open workout in Atlanta in November with the hopes of extending his NFL career, but no opportunities arose in the aftermath. Perhaps EA Sports liked what it saw, as it added him to Madden 21 with an 81 rating and did the same in its newest edition.
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