Offer comes after Kaepernick workout… for someone else
Dec 5, 2019, 11:36 AM
RIVERDALE, GA - NOVEMBER 16: Colin Kaepernick looks to pass during his NFL workout held at Charles R Drew high school on November 16, 2019 in Riverdale, Georgia. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
(Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
The workout of former San Fransico 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick in front of representatives from teams around the NFL has finally led to an offer.
Just not to him.
The Washington Redskins announced Wednesday that they have signed Wide Receiver Jordan Veasy to their practice squad.
RIVERDALE, GA – NOVEMBER 16: Colin Kaepernick stands with Bruce Ellington, Brice Butler, Jordan Veasy, and Ari Werts during the Colin Kaepernick NFL workout held at Charles R. Drew High School on November 16, 2019, in Riverdale, Georgia. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
Veasy was in attendance at Kaepernick’s workout as a wide receiver, the one who was there to catch passes from the former QB.
He gained some serious attention from the teams after catching a 50-yard pass from Kaepernick.
Kap’s best throw of the night, without question pic.twitter.com/WtsgumqPrH
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) November 16, 2019
Veasey was released from his former contract on the Buffalo Bills practice squad.
The Washington Post reports that Veasey and Kaepernick had known each other before showing up to the workout on Nov. 16th when they had taken a class together about black representation in popular culture at the University of California at Berkeley. That’s why he says he reached out to Kaepernick to be a part of his workout.
“I was going to be in Gadsden running routes anyway,” Veasy said, grinning. “Might as well run ’em in front of some scouts.”
