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Quarterback, Nevada, 2007–10
Colin Kaepernick
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Turlock, CA
- Born
- Nov 3, 1987, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Colin Kaepernick played quarterback at Nevada (2007–10). He finished eighth in the 2010 Heisman vote. The San Francisco 49ers took Kaepernick in round 2, No. 36 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
404passing yards, career highvs. Louisiana Tech, 20075touchdown passes, career highat Idaho, 2010240rushing yards, career highat UNLV, 20084rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Idaho, 2009Honors
- 2007WAC Freshman of the Year
- 2008, 2010WAC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2010Eighth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: WAC champions, 2010
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2010 Nevada 14 games, 3,022 passing yards, 21 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Eastern Washington | W 49–24 | 26 | 37 | 306 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Colorado State | W 51–6 | 21 | 29 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 161 |
| Sep 17 | vs. California | W 52–31 | 10 | 15 | 181 | 2 | 0 | 148 |
| Sep 25 | at BYU | W 27–13 | 16 | 25 | 196 | 1 | 1 | 82 |
| Oct 2 | at UNLV | W 44–26 | 13 | 17 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 97 |
| Oct 9 | vs. San José State | W 35–13 | 20 | 27 | 273 | 0 | 1 | 91 |
| Oct 16 | at Hawai’i | L 21–27 | 14 | 26 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Utah State | W 56–42 | 10 | 15 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 102 |
| Nov 6 | at Idaho | W 63–17 | 20 | 30 | 320 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Nov 13 | at Fresno State | W 35–34 | 16 | 26 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 156 |
| Nov 20 | vs. New Mexico State | W 52–6 | 15 | 27 | 251 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Boise State | W 34–31 | 19 | 35 | 259 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Dec 4 | at Louisiana Tech | W 35–17 | 13 | 17 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. Boston College | W 20–13 | 20 | 33 | 192 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
2009 Nevada 13 games, 2,052 passing yards, 20 TD; 1,183 rushing yards, 16 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Notre Dame | L 0–35 | 12 | 23 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Sep 19 | atColorado State | L 20–35 | 25 | 38 | 251 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Missouri | L 21–31 | 17 | 28 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| Oct 3 | vs.UNLV | W 63–28 | 15 | 18 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 173 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 37–14 | 15 | 21 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 89 |
| Oct 17 | atUtah State | W 35–32 | 10 | 24 | 189 | 3 | 1 | 77 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Idaho | W 70–45 | 13 | 21 | 178 | 2 | 0 | 230 |
| Oct 31 | vs.Hawai’i | W 31–21 | 12 | 21 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 114 |
| Nov 8 | atSan José State | W 62–7 | 9 | 14 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 115 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Fresno State | W 52–14 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Nov 21 | atNew Mexico State | W 63–20 | 5 | 11 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 114 |
| Nov 27 | atBoise State | L 33–44 | 12 | 22 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. SMU | L 10–45 | 15 | 29 | 177 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
2008 Nevada 13 games, 2,849 passing yards, 22 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Grambling | W 49–13 | 10 | 17 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Texas Tech | L 19–35 | 23 | 34 | 264 | 1 | 1 | 92 |
| Sep 13 | atMissouri | L 17–69 | 17 | 31 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
| Sep 27 | atUNLV | W 49–27 | 11 | 16 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 240 |
| Oct 4 | atIdaho | W 49–14 | 19 | 24 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Oct 11 | vs.New Mexico State | L 45–48 | 15 | 26 | 194 | 3 | 1 | 54 |
| Oct 18 | vs.Utah State | W 44–17 | 10 | 20 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Oct 25 | atHawai’i | L 31–38 | 14 | 28 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 139 |
| Nov 7 | atFresno State | W 41–28 | 7 | 17 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 118 |
| Nov 15 | vs.San José State | W 41–17 | 15 | 31 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| Nov 22 | vs.Boise State | L 34–41 | 19 | 50 | 241 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| Nov 29 | atLouisiana Tech | W 35–31 | 24 | 42 | 397 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Maryland | L 35–42 | 24 | 47 | 370 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
2007 Nevada 10 games, 1,923 passing yards, 17 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Nebraska | L 10–52 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Nicholls | W 52–17 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Fresno State | L 41–49 | 23 | 36 | 384 | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Oct 14 | atBoise State | L 67–69 | 11 | 26 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 177 |
| Oct 20 | atUtah State | W 31–28 | 15 | 23 | 170 | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Oct 27 | vs.Idaho | W 37–21 | 15 | 26 | 203 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Nov 2 | atNew Mexico State | W 40–38 | 15 | 28 | 237 | 3 | 1 | 136 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Hawai’i | L 26–28 | 9 | 20 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Dec 1 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 49–10 | 18 | 29 | 404 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. New Mexico | L 0–23 | 13 | 31 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
No box score in the source for Nov 24 at San José State, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅝″ |
| Weight | 233 lb |
| Arm length | 33½″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 79⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| 3-cone drill | 6.85 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.18 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
| 2012 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 136 | 218 | 1,814 | 10 | 3 | 415 |
| 2013 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 243 | 416 | 3,197 | 21 | 8 | 524 |
| 2014 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 289 | 478 | 3,369 | 19 | 10 | 639 |
| 2015 | San Francisco 49ers | 9 | 144 | 244 | 1,615 | 6 | 5 | 256 |
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 196 | 331 | 2,241 | 16 | 4 | 468 |
| NFL career | 67 | 1,011 | 1,692 | 12,271 | 72 | 30 | 2,300 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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