If there is one player who has a chance to find mainstream fame after the Super Bowl, it's Colin Kaepernick.
The 49ers quarterback is already a big deal in the sports world. But if he can beat the Ravens on Sunday, he has the unique personality and youthful energy to be a crossover star.
A few months from now, the details of his story might be mainstream knowledge.
Get to know him before everyone else does.
He got drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2009, but turned it down to play football
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
He's adopted
Kaepernick is half-white and half-black.
He grew up in northern California
His birth mother has been trying to rekindle their relationship, but Kaepernick said he isn't interested.
He has a pet tortoise named Sammy
Source: Bleacher Report
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