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• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY
• RAIRS RELEASE CARL NASSIB, NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, SAYS HE’S DATG SOMEONE ‘AWOME’
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL GAME, MAK HISTORY AND STARS THRILLG LAS VEGAS RAIRS W

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY, PLEDG $100,000 TO TREVOR PROJECT

I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. He me to natnal attentn as a star of the Browns' "Hard Knocks" appearance 2018, givg fancial advice to teammat and offerg his take on the existence of Missouri lebacker Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted NFL history 2014, when the Rams took him 249th overall.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, TO BE RELEASED BY RAIRS

The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg Carl Nassib, the fensive end who ma history last year as the first openly gay active player NFL history. “The Rairs, the NFL, have monstrated that they support this man as a gay man, ” Zeigler said, addg that Nassib’s succsful rerd will help him quickly fd a new team.

” Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, after his time the league, said Nassib’s reer monstrat that players do not need to promise their LGBTQ inti sports. Carl Nassib, a fensive leman wh the Las Vegas Rairs, beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay. I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay.

CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY

He said a statement acpanyg the vio that he had agonized over the cisn to announce he was gay for 15 years. Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay NBA player when he sued up for the Brooklyn Nets 2014, was cheerg Nassib on social media. “As an acplished athlete who is now the first out gay active player the NFL, Carl Nassib’s story will not only have a profound impact on the future of LGBTQ visibily and acceptance sports, but sends a strong msage to so many LGBTQ people, pecially youth, that they too n one day grow up to be and succeed as a profsnal athlete like him, ” the statement said.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS LEMAN CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon add to the chos of people proud of him, and the former NFL and CFL quarterback add that he played wh some guys who were gay but didn’t feel fortable g out. In 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St. “I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay, ” Nassib said his vio msage om his home Wt Chter, Pennsylvania.

CARL NASSIB BE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY

Burke has been a major proponent of LGBTQ rights for more than a sce his late son Brendan me out as gay. “Proud to support Carl and his cisn to e out as the first active gay player the NFL, ” Burke said. “Congrats to Carl Nassib on g out that’s a big step, I thk that most players are ncerned if you n play or not, ” Merriman a post sayg he was proud of Nassib, Hall of Famer Warren Moon said he played wh several gay football players a storied pro reer that spanned om 1978 to 2000 but none were “fortable enough to go public.

RAIRS RELEASE CARL NASSIB, NFL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE PLAYER

”More than a dozen NFL players have e out as gay after their reers were Universy of Missouri fensive star Michael Sam was the first openly gay football player ever selected the NFL draft, gog the seventh round to the then-St.

On Monday, Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib ma history, beg the first active NFL player to e out as gay. Defensive end Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the Rams took him the seventh round 2014, but never played a regular-season Rairs supported Nassib on Twter, postg, “Proud of you, Carl, ” wh a black heart Frankl, Nassib’s ach at Penn State, supported him a statement, sayg he and his wife, Fumi, would be donatg $10, 000 to The Trevor Project. The Las Vegas Rairs are releasg fensive end Carl Nassib, the NFL's first openly gay active player, a person wh knowledge of the move told USA TODAY Sports' Mike Jon.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO

The person spoke on ndn of anonymy bee the move was not yet first reported the, who will turn 29 on April 12, me out as gay last June an Instagram 2021, his sixth season the NFL, he rerd 21 tackl and 1½ sacks 13 gam as a backup to starters Maxx Crosby and Yannick Ngakoue.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY ACTIVE NFL PLAYER, SAYS HE’S DATG SOMEONE ‘AWOME’

Carl Nassib #94 of the Las Vegas Rairs celebrat a 31-26 w over the Los Angel Chargers at SoFi Stadium on November 08, 2020 Inglewood, How | Getty ImagLas Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib announced on Monday that he is gay, beg the first player on an active Natnal Football League roster to e out. "I jt wanted to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram post. We wish Carl the bt of luck this g season, " NFL Commissner Roger Gooll said a 2014, Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be selected the NFL draft when the St.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL GAME, MAK HISTORY AND STARS THRILLG LAS VEGAS RAIRS W

Sam was cut jt before the regular season Colls, who is now retired, beme the first active openly gay NBA player 2013.

Carl Nassib, the first openly gay active NFL player, has revealed that he is datg an “awome guy.