Real Life Real Faith Men of Faith September Issue | Page 30

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Colin Kaepernick

is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Nevada, and was drafted by the 49ers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft. At Nevada, he twice was named the Western Athletic Offensive Player of the Year, and he was the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl.

During the 2016 preseason, Kaepernick began to protest the United States national anthem by not standing while the anthem was being performed. His actions prompted a wide variety of responsesand has led to additional athletes in the NFL and other U.S. sports leagues protesting the anthem.

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1Early life and high school

2College career

2.1Recruitment

2.2Baseball

2.3Football

2.3.12007 season

2.3.22008 season

2.3.32009 season

2.3.42010 season

2.3.5Football stats

3NFL career

3.12011 NFL Draft

3.22011 season

3.32012 season: Super Bowl run

3.42013 season

3.52014 season

3.62015 season

3.72016 season

4National anthem protest

5Professional statistics

5.1Regular season

5.2Playoffs

6Personal life

7See also

8References

9External links

Alvin L.A. Horn

Alvin Lloyd Alexander Horn has lived and breathed the Northwest air and floated in all the nearby rivers streams leading the Pacific Ocean. As in the writings of Hemmingway, and poetry of Langston Hughes, and novels of Walter Mosley their writings are all the byproduct of their youthful environments and travels. Alvin’s African American experiences in his Emerald City background shines through in his poetry, short stories and novels.

I’m proud of Colin Kaepernick and I’m proud that the majority of people of Color are supporting him. One of the reasons people of color offer support is we see that the privileged speak so ill of his rights, instead wanting him to act submissive.

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