Trent Baalke has denied reports that Colin Kaepernick has been put by the San Francisco 49ers on the trading block.

"Colin is our quarterback and we are excited to have him," Baalke said in his statement. "He is not going anywhere. The media reports suggesting otherwise are without merit, and quite frankly, ridiculous."

Jayson Braddock of KBME in Houston first reported Kaepernick was on the block, intimating the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears were among teams interested in the quarterback.

Kaepernick was widely thought of as Jim Harbaugh's quarterback.