While new 49ers coach Chip Kelly remains unsure of exactly who will be his starting quarterback in 2016, one of his options is getting closer to competing for that role.

Colin Kaepernick has resumed throwing a week ahead of the team’s next set of voluntary OTAs, according to a report from USA TODAY Sports. To this point, Kaepernick has been unable to participate in drills while recovering from surgeries on his left shoulder, right thumb and left knee.

Spoke with #49ers GM Trent Baalke today. Among other things, he confirmed Colin Kaepernick has resumed throwing. Not yet cleared to practice — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) May 13, 2016

Despite requesting a trade from the 49ers in February following his benching for Blaine Gabbert in 2015, Kelly says things have been going well with Kaepernick during the installation of his new up-tempo offense.

“He’s been great. He’s been here every day. Has not missed a day,” said Kelly Friday on KNBR 680. “. . . He’s been great in the meeting rooms with the quarterbacks and with the offense when we’re in our full install meetings.

“The thing that struck me about Kap is he’s really intelligent. I think he’s got a great grasp of what he did in college (at Nevada), what he did in the couple different coordinators that he had here at San Francisco, and what we’re doing now and what we’re installing.”

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Kaepernick met with the Denver Broncos to discuss a contract restructure to shrink his expected $15.891-million cap hit in 2016 to facilitate a trade. But no agreement was made and the Broncos wound up trading up for Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch in the first round of the recent NFL draft.

Kaepernick remains with the 49ers while Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke have insisted this offseason they expect Kaepernick to compete with Gabbert to start in 2016.