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Kaepernick a Candidate for ESPYs’ Best Breakthrough Athlete

Jul 17, 2013 at 10:00 AM--


Around Northern California, everybody knows what Colin Kaepernick did last season.The second-year quarterback was installed as a starter for the 49ers in November and was electric with both his running and passing, leading San Francisco to a Super Bowl berth.But was he the greatest breakout star of the past year? Do fans in other parts of the country see Kaepernick in the same light as those in the Bay Area?Soon, we'll know.Voting closes today for the annual ESPY Awards, including the category of Best Breakthrough Athlete.The five candidates for the award are Kaepernick; Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel ("Johnny Football"), who won the Heisman Trophy as a freshman; Dodgers phenom outfielder Yasiel Puig, a Cuban defector who just missed being voted to the NL All-Star team; Angels outfielder Mike Trout, who had one of the greatest seasons ever for a rookie; and Russell Wilson, the rookie quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, who beat out veteran Matt Flynn in training camp and then led his team to the playoffs.It's a Fab Five and a phenomenal cast of candidates, and whether Kaepernick will come up the winner is in doubt. It's possible the whole state of Texas – and...
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