Madden NFL 21 Adds Quarterback Colin Kaepernick As Free Agent

Kap's back.

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been added to Madden NFL 21 for the first time since 2016, after EA Sports reached out to the player directly in order to secure rights to his likeness. The two-time WAC offensive player of the year is available as a free agent in Franchise mode, where he commands an 81-overall rating.

“Colin Kaepernick is one of the top free agents in football and a starting-calibre quarterback,” the publisher said in a statement. “The team at EA Sports, along with millions of Madden NFL fans, want to see him back in our game. We’ve had a long relationship with Colin through Madden NFL and worked through our past soundtrack mistakes.” This is a reference to when the publisher censored the player’s name in a song included as part of the soundtrack for last year’s game.

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