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Dan Shaughnessy

Colin Kaepernick looks like future of NFL

NEW ORLEANS — He is an athletic savant, the guy who can do anything on any field or court.

In his senior year of high school, Colin Kaepernick was nominated for all-state in basketball, baseball, and football. That’s in California, where there are several good scholastic athletes.

Comments

How can you not love this guy???!!!  It will be fun to watch his ascension with humility, intelligence, and grace.

He'll be the future until he gets blindsided by a guy like Bernie Pollard.

how do guys like this - and Brady -fall thru the cracks?