Colin Kaepernick claims he hasn't watched NFL game in 8 years: 'I'm not gonna support in that way'

Colin Kaepernick whitethorn stay successful NFL shape, but that does not mean the polarizing erstwhile backmost is watching games each week. 

In fact, helium revealed during an quality astatine the WSJ Tech Live Conference successful California this week that helium has not watched an NFL crippled successful 8 years. 

Instead, the quarterback-turned-activist who has not appeared successful an NFL crippled since the 2016 play says that helium checks the stats of immoderate players. He besides said helium watches assemblage football.

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Colin Kaepernick, #7 of the San Francisco 49ers, looks connected during an NFL crippled against the Miami Dolphins connected Nov. 27, 2016 astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (Ron Elkman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)

"I inactive cheque everybody’s stats," Kaepernick told the Wall Street Journal’s Andrew Beaton during the conference, per Page Six. "It besides informs who my cause reaches retired to, but I inactive cheque the stats. I spot what’s going on. I don’t ever crook a crippled connected though, due to the fact that I’m not gonna enactment successful that way, but I request to support my digit connected the pulse of what’s happening with quarterbacks retired there."

Kaepernick, 36, precocious made an quality connected "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," wherever helium not lone debunked coaching rumors with the Los Angeles Chargers' caller caput manager Jim Harbaugh, who utilized to beryllium his manager with the San Francisco 49ers, but besides said his workouts to stay acceptable for his adjacent backmost accidental are inactive happening. 

"I inactive aftermath up each greeting and train," helium explained. "I’ve had to set my docket a small bit, which saying this retired large sounds a small bizarre, but I get up astatine 3:30 a.m. and I commencement my workday, and past I spell bash my training… I inactive bid each day, I inactive bid the mode I was erstwhile I was playing, making definite that I’m acceptable astatine immoderate fixed moment."

COLIN KAEPERNICK SAYS HE'LL MAKE SURE BEING ‘HELD OUT’ OF NFL IS REASON WHY HE'S NOT IN IT

Kaepernick, who infamously created a firestorm by kneeling for the nationalist anthem successful games aboriginal successful his career, past played successful an NFL crippled against the Seattle Seahawks connected Jan. 1, 2017. He has had a fewer workouts with teams since then, but helium has yet to articulation an NFL roster since. 

While waiting for his adjacent opportunity, Kaepernick built up his societal activistic level done Know Your Rights Camp and his Kaepernick Publishing. Through those platforms, Kaepernick made headlines by comparing the NFL Draft to a enslaved auction, calling for the abolition of instrumentality enforcement and suggesting the NFL has not taken meaningful steps to code societal injustices.

San Francisco 49ers backmost Colin Kaepernick, #7, celebrates a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers during the 3rd 4th of the 2013 NFC divisional playoff shot crippled astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Jan 12, 2014. (Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports)

Kaepernick besides settled a 2019 grievance against the NFL, erstwhile helium alleged squad owners were colluding to support him retired of the league. 

Kaepernick told Sky Sports earlier this twelvemonth that helium inactive believes helium tin assistance a squad scope the Super Bowl. 

"It's thing I've trained my full beingness for, truthful to beryllium capable to measurement backmost connected the field, I deliberation that would beryllium a large moment, a large accomplishment for me. I deliberation I could bring a batch to a squad and assistance them triumph a championship," helium said successful August. 

While saying helium does not privation to coach, Kaepernick has reportedly expressed involvement successful playing for the United States successful emblem shot during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 

Kaepernick was the starting backmost for the 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII but would autumn to the Baltimore Ravens, 34-31, connected Feb. 3, 2013. He went 16-for-28 for 302 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception, portion rushing for a touchdown and 62 yards. 

Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage during The Gordon Parks Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner And Auction Celebrating The Arts & Social Justice astatine Cipriani 42nd Street connected May 21, 2024 successful New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation)

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Kaepernick has totaled 12,271 passing yards with 72 passing touchdowns implicit his career, portion rushing for 2,300 yards with 13 touchdowns connected the crushed arsenic well. 

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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