Colin Kaepernick’s dad is the coolest NFL dad.
This is Rick Kaepernick.
This is Rick's son, Colin. Colin's the starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and one of the most exciting young passers in the league.
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Rick Kaepernick is a cheese executive. To be more specific, he's the vice president of operations for Hilmar Cheese Company, based out of Hilmar, California. Prior to working at Hilmar, he worked in the dairy industry in Milwaukee, making him and Colin Green Bay Packers fans — aka Cheeseheads — until the 49ers drafted Colin in 2011.
This is Colin's enormous tortoise, Sammy. How do we know that Colin has an enormous tortoise named Sammy? Because of Rick.
