Regardless of your opinion of him or the surrounding issues, the Colin Kaepernick narrative has remained a part of the NFL since last season. The biggest question now is, will he ever play for an NFL team again?
While many argue that separating the player from the play is near impossible, for the sake of this article, let’s analyze just the statistical side of Colin Kaepernick’s performance last season. This is by no means an effort to take an evaluative position on Kaepernick, but rather is simply a presentation of a perspective purely based on statistics.
The Basics
Last season, Colin Kaepernick played in 12 games and started 11 of them for the San Francisco 49ers.