Colin Kaepernick was born in Milwaukee in 1987 he went to the University of Nevada The San Francisco 49ers drafted Kaepernick in 2011he became embroiled in a thorny issue when he refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game in late August 2016 he said "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," then the nfl told him to leave his league since he is drawing alot of attention to police brutally but The following month GQ released its December issue with Kaepernick on the cover as its Citizen of the Year