The Alliance of American Football reportedly reached out to former NFL starting quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick and Tim Tebow, but was turned down by both, according to The Athletic's Lindsay Jones.
AAF co-founder Bill Polian told Jones that league CEO Charlie Ebersol contacted Kaepernick to gauge his interest in playing. "I don't know what transpired, but he's obviously not playing," Polian said.
Kaepernick hasn't appeared in an NFL game since 2016. The former 49er quarterback began protesting police brutality and racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem that season, and has gone unsigned each of the past two offseasons.