Colin Kaepernick

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will reportedly draw interest from the Browns if the 49ers are willing to trade him.

(Tony Avelar/AP)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns are not interested in trading for 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick despite an NFL Network that they are.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Saturday that the Browns and Texans, both in need of quarterbacks, would be among teams interested in trading for the former second-round pick and Super Bowl participant.

But the Browns have no such interest at this time, and John McClain of the Houston Chronicle tweeted Sunday: 'By the way, the Texans have no interest in trading for Colin Kaepernick.

Kaepernick has been linked to the Browns because coach Hue Jackson loved him when he was head coach of the Raiders in 2011 and Kaepernick was coming out Nevada. Jackson has said the Raiders tried to trade up to draft, and the lamented the fact it didn't happen.

Kaepernick took the 49ers to the Super Bowl after his second season, where they lost to the Ravens. He's gone 27-20 in his five season and 4-2 in the playoffs. He's thrown 56 touchdowns and only 26 interceptions and has a 88.4 rating. But he went 2-6 in an injury-marred season in 2015 and was benched in favor of Blaine Gabbert. Ultimately, he finished the season on injured reserve. He's also recovering from surgeries to his shoulder, thumb and knee.



Any team trading for him will have to assume his $11.9 million salary for 2016, which will be fully guaranteed on April 1.



The Browns are expected to draft either North Dakota State's Carson Wentz or Cal's Jared Goff at No. 2, but have said they'll explore all options to improve the team.



The 49ers have said they want to keep Kaepernick, but according to NFL Network, he wants to be traded.



On Thursday, coach Chip Kelly told 49ers reporters that Kaepernick "wants to be here" and that he excited to work with him.

"I've never thought that, 'Hey, I'm going to go to San Francisco and he's not going to be there,''' he said. "I don't know why everybody else looks at it that way, either. ... Kap's really good. He had the ball on the 5 yard line, taking the team in to win the Super Bowl. You can just look at the tape and know how talented he is. Our job is acquiring talent, not getting rid of talent."

49ers owner Jed York recently told the The San Jose Mercury News that his last conversation with Kaepernick was good.



"I asked how he was feeling,'' York said. "I hope he's doing well. I care about his health and well-being because I think he can be a big piece of what we're doing going forward."



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49ers GM Trent Baalke also said at the NFL Combine that Kaepernick would "absolutely'' be on the roster April 1st, but that was before NFL Network's Ran Getlin reported that he wants out.



In 2013, Jackson told Peter King of si.com that "we wanted the kid in the worst way.''

He acknowledged that the late Raiders owner Al Davis was also upset that they didn't land him.

"Scouting him, I fell in love with the kid,'' said Jackson. "Leader, won a ton of games at Nevada, really impressive when you talked to him, strong, all the tools to win in the NFL. No doubt in my mind he was going to be good.''