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Kaepernick ends on a high note with two deep passes and a hug with Harbaugh (0:45)

Colin Kaepernick gave Jim Harbaugh a hug after his throwing session. There is a delay of 0:45.

If it takes a backup quarterback to get back into the league, Colin is willing to do that.

In an interview with the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast, quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he knows he has to find his way back in. That is not where I am staying. I want to be able to step on the field when I prove that I am a starter. I need the chance to walk through the door.

Since kneeling during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice, Colin Kapernick has not played in the National Football League. He said in the interview that if there was a reluctance to sign him because of his protest, the NFL should be more aligned with his views.

End Racism is in the back of your end zone. Black Lives Matter is on your helmet. He said that everything he has said should be in line with what you are saying. My jersey went to No. 1 when I first took a knee. Nike's value increased by six billion dollars when I did a deal with them. Six billion. With a B.

It's... It shows that it is beneficial if you are talking about the business side. Let me compete if you are talking about the playing side. You can look at me from there. The league is supposed to be fair. Let me compete. Get rid of me if I am not good enough. Let me show you.

Jim Harbaugh, the former San Francisco 49ers coach, invited quarterback Colin Kaepernick to throw to the scouts at the Michigan spring game. In the interview with I AM ATHLETE, he noted that both of his 49ers coaches, Harbaugh and Kelly, said he made the locker room better, contrasting a narrative that he would be a distraction for any team.

My teammates voted me the most inspiring player of the 2016 season. I have never been a distraction when you talk about the people in the building. He said that he has never been an issue for the people he has played with.

He didn't want to feed the narrative that there would be a media circus if a team signed him, so he hasn't done interviews about his desire to play in the NFL again. Privately, however, Kaepernick has reached out to teams for a workout, but the only one he has received is from the Seattle Seahawks.

No team has brought me in for a workout. I had a meeting with Seattle. Pete Carroll said that he was a starter and things moved on. He said that they don't have a starter.

After coming so close to winning the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick wants to win a championship.

I need to finish that. He said that his mentality isn't just to go out and compete.