EA Sports Adds Colin Kaepernick to 'Madden NFL 21'

Colin Kaepernick is now available to play in 'Madden NFL 21,' EA Sports announced on Tuesday.

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00:00Colin Kaepernick is now available to play in Madden NFL 21 as a free agent.

00:05EA Sports made the announcement on Tuesday sharing this photo on Twitter along with a statement that read,

00:10Colin Kaepernick is one of the top free agents in football and a starting caliber quarterback.

00:15The team at EA Sports, along with millions of Madden NFL fans, want to see him back in our game.

00:20Knowing that our EA Sports experiences are platforms for players to create,

00:23we want to make Madden NFL a place that reflects Colin's position and talent,

00:28rates him as a starting QB, and empowers our fans to express their hopes for the future of football.

00:33We've worked with Colin to make this possible and we're excited to bring it to all of you today.

00:37Starting today in Madden NFL 21, fans can put Colin Kaepernick at the helm of any NFL team in franchise

00:42mode as well as play with him in play now. We look forward to seeing Colin on Madden NFL teams

00:47everywhere. This marks the first time the former San Francisco 49er star QB has been in the game

00:51since 2016. Kaepernick was ostracized from the NFL after it was he who first kneeled during the

00:57national anthem in protest of racial inequality and police brutality toward people of color.

01:02Since that time, he has become a prominent activist. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has

01:06since said the league was wrong when it demanded players stand for the anthem. He also encouraged

01:11a team to sign Kaepernick. For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:15For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.