The term “meteoric rise” gets thrown around a lot, but how else can you describe the path of San Francisco starting quarterback Colin Kaepernick?
Sure, passionate college football fans heard about the kid during his stellar career at Nevada… but did anyone think he’d become a starter in the NFL in just his second season and quarterback his team to the Super Bowl?
Well, yes. One guy. 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, who gave talk radio months of fodder with his decision to replace Alex Smith with Kaepernick in the middle of the season.
Ahead of Super Bowl XLVII, our Jim Gray had a chance to talk to Kaepernick about getting the starting nod and much more.