After a tumultuous 2015, Colin Kaepernick is entering the coming season with a renewed mindset. He’s competing for the starting quarterback job with Blaine Gabbert and appears to have his spirits up while working with first-year coach Chip Kelly.

And while neither Kaepernick nor Gabbert have distinguished themselves early in the competition to start, Kaepernick is enjoying the new tone at the team’s Santa Clara facility.

“I think it’s been great,” Kaepernick said. “A lot of energy on the field, a lot of excitement. It’s always good to get that first week under your belt getting back.

“I think the team is doing a great job of having great focus in meetings and taking that and putting it on the practice field. I think that’s shown up quite a bit and being able to make adjustments that we make in meetings and take those to the practice field as well.”

The 49ers have been practicing at light speed, typical of Kelly’s style dating back to his days at Oregon and with the Philadelphia Eagles. Kaepernick said Kelly’s no-huddle offense is similar to what he ran in college at Nevada. He called it “a more developed version.”

“For me, a lot of things are familiar, the passing game-wise. A lot of things are different, but are a lot better than what I’ve experienced in the past. So, it’s very exciting in a lot of different ways,” Kaepernick said.

Kaepernick missed the majority of the offseason program recovering from three surgeries. There have been questions about his relationship with the 49ers front office, evident by his representatives publicly requesting a trade in February.

But now that Kaepernick is still around after a trade never materialized, he’s being a model citizen while trying to curry favor and beat out Gabbert for the starting job.

“I’m competing against everybody,” Kaepernick said. “I go out there, I’m competing against myself. I’m competing against the defense. I’m just out there competing, doing everything I can to make sure every play, I win.”