Kaepernick played for the Nevada football team from 2006 to 2010 and then in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers for six seasons from 2011-16. He quarterbacked the 49ers to the 2013 NFC championship game, where they lost to the Seattle Seahawks.

Director Spike Lee's anticipated docuseries about the protest movement started by Colin Kaepernick will not air on ESPN.

When Spike Lee confirmed that ESPN had nixed his Colin Kaepernick docuseries, it seemed like it was dead in the water. He told Reuters that it wasn’t happening, and while he was unable to disclose more details because he had signed a nondisclosure agreement,