The San Francisco 49ers will keep Colin Kaepernick on their roster on April 1st when his $11.9 million base salary for 2016 becomes fully guaranteed.

"I think the good thing is we've got two guys that have gone into games who've proven they can play, and Colin's done some awful good things through his career, won some big games for the San Francisco 49ers and [we] expect him to come back," Trent Baalke said at his podium availability.

"The main focus right now is health, getting him healthy. He's done a good job with his rehab. Talking to the medical staff, that seems to be going very well, and [we] just look forward to getting him back and getting him working with this coaching staff."

Kaepernick, 28, is recovering from three surgeries (left shoulder, right thumb, left knee).

Kaepernick will compete for the starting quarterback job with Blaine Gabbert.