Four years ago this past September, then San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was featured on the cover of GQ magazine. The 49ers were coming off a Super Bowl appearance, and Kaepernick was the hottest thing in the league. The article offered much of the traditional backstory, and was about what you would have expected at that time.
This week, Kaepernick is back on the cover of GQ magazine, only this time as one of their men of the year. GQ has named multiple men of the year with various titles, and Kaepernick was named their citizen of the year.