The Seahawks coach said he regrets that the team didn’t sign Colin Kaepernick in 2017 or 2018, but that he knows at least one team is interested in him now.

Two days after Pro Football Talk’s Mark Florio reported that Colin Kaepernick is “more motivated to play than ever,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said on Thursday that he wishes he would have signed Kaepernick back in 2017 or 2018.

“I regret that that didn’t happen in some fashion,’’ Carroll said, according to Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times. ““I wish we would have contributed to it because he deserved to play. … I wish we could have figured that out knowing what we know now, and given him the chance because I would love to see him play for all those years.’’

Kaepernick last played in the NFL in 2016, when he appeared in 12 games (11 starts) for the 49ers.