The siari between Michael Sam and Shane Ray - former teammat and fensive ends at Missouri - are strikg. Distractns? Ray has a dg charge and Sam is gay. Ray was a first-round pick while Sam went the last round. 1 + 1 = 2.
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MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
Carl Nassib is the first to ever play a down as openly gay, but the rt are still trailblazers. * ray gay nfl *
The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly. 16 and the first one to e out as gay while on an active roster.
Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired. The NFL Network produced a documentary on Smh beg gay. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn.
In June, Carl Nassib of the Rairs me out as gay. If there were any qutn about Michael Sam droppg the 2014 NFL Draft bee he's gay, that qutn was answered tonight.
7 GAY NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS
While Sam is gay, Ray has been charged wh dg posssn the last week.
Beg gay sts you at least three rounds the Draft.
So wh Sam, who me out as gay two weeks before the Combe, the storyle woven by TV experts was: "Great llege players don't necsarily turn to good NFL players. If there was any doubt that Sam fell the 2014 NFL Draft bee he me out as gay, there is no doubt anymore after the selectn of Ray. No active NFL player has ever clared his homosexualy publicly.