Jim Harbaugh is bringing Colin Kaepernick back into the football fold.
The University of Michigan head football coach will have his former quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers serve as an honorary captain at the Wolverines’ spring football game on Saturday.
The school tweeted the news Wednesday.
Football Family.
Excited to share the field with our honorary captain for Saturday's Maize and Blue Spring Game, @Kaepernick7 #GoBlue 〽 pic.twitter.com/2H6Yj2Ivwl
— Michigan Football (@UMichFootball) March 30, 2022
Kaepernick played for Harbaugh from 2011-14 with the San Francisco 49ers.
Kaepernick hasn’t thrown a pass in the NFL since 2016. No team signed him following that season, in which he ignited a national debate by kneeling during the national anthem played before NFL games.