49ers’ Colin Kaepernick admits he played with foot injury in 2013
By Sam Richmond
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick rushed for 87 yards in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks in 2013. In the four games that followed, he gained just 63 yards on the ground combined.
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That drop-off in rushing production isn’t just a coincidence, either. Kaepernick admitted on Tuesday that he suffered a foot injury during the Week 2 game.
From CSN’s Matt Maiocco:
"Kaepernick revealed in a newspaper interview that he sustained a chipped bone on his forefoot and a ruptured capsule in the ball of his foot on a Week 2 scramble last season against the Seattle Seahawks.(…)“It was something that was always there,” Kaepernick told the Sacramento Bee. “Never spoke about it, never said anything about it because you’re a football player, you play through pain. Unless you’re being carted off, you should be on the field. If it’s something you can play through, that’s what you do.”"
It’s certainly impressive Kaepernick was as successful as he was last year, considering he was playing hurt. He threw for 3,197 yards and 21 touchdowns (91.6 quarterback rating) and added 524 yards on the ground.
But one has to wonder just how much better Kap is going to be this year now that he’s fully healthy.
"“It’s a non-factor,” Kaepernick told reporters. “It’s a year-old injury now.”"
Kaepernick is entering his second season as the Niners’ full-time starting quarterback. San Fran drafted him in the second round (N0. 36 overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.