It started with a distinct high-pitched whiz of the football traveling through the air and then the boom of it hitting the receiver in the hands. That is Aaron Prince’s first memory of Colin Kaepernick.
It was 2005 at an Elite 11 regional event at California Memorial Stadium and Prince was working as a writer for Rivals covering the recruiting classes of both Cal and Nevada. He knew immediately that Kaepernick was destined for great things and became a proponent for the college prospect following his path to Nevada and beyond.
What Prince didn’t know was that that the young quarterback from John H.