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Colin Rand Kaepernick (/ ˈ k æ p ər n ɪ k / KAP-ər-nik; [1] born November 3, 1987) is an American civil rights activist and former professional football quarterback.He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL).
The Green Bay Packers in victory formation (on the right) in a game against the Detroit Lions in 2007. In American football and Canadian football, a quarterback kneel, also called taking a knee, genuflect offense, [1] kneel-down offense, [1] or victory formation, occurs when the quarterback touches a knee to the ground immediately after receiving the snap, thus downing himself and ending the play.
Kaepernick and Marshall were by no means the first pro football players to be seen kneeling on the field. Beginning in 2011, the Denver Broncos' then-quarterback Tim Tebow was seen kneeling on the sidelines, as if in prayer, often enough to inspire the neologism "Tebowing". Tebow was awarded a trademark for that term in 2012. [66] (Tebow's ...
Oct 1 (Reuters) - Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to sit or kneel during the U.S. national anthem at the start of games on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump again ...
The NFL became a spotlight of racial inequality after former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began sitting or kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 as a protest of racial ...
Largely it was a long shot because the last time Kaepernick played in the league was the 2016 season, a year before recent Jets practice squad QB signee Trevor Siemian won his last game as a ...
Washington Redskins players kneeling before a game against the Oakland Raiders in September 2017. Taking the knee (or taking a knee) is a symbolic gesture against racism whereby an individual kneels upon one knee in place of standing to attention for an anthem or other such occasion.
Tim followed his memoir with a young readers' edition titled Through My Eyes: A Quarterback's Journey, also co-written with Whitaker. [ 217 ] Tebow was the subject of a 2012 documentary on NFL Network 's A Football Life entitled The Faces of Tebow . [ 218 ]