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49ers in Five: Colin Kaepernick throws for scouts at Michigan spring game

Colin Kaepernick hasn’t given up on returning to the NFL just yet. The former 49ers quarterback threw for scouts at halftime of Michigan’s spring game this weekend and answered some of the questions people have been asking since he was blackballed from the league following the 2016 season.

Does he really still want to play football?

“We still can get out there and sling it,” Kaepernick said to WXYT’s Jenna Trotman. “Really, getting out here today for the exhibition was to be able to show that I can do that. Because one of the questions that my agent kept getting was, ‘Well, it’s been five years.