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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• LOS ANGEL RAMS KICKER MATT GAY POK FUN AT NFL UNIFORM VLATN TWEET
• MATT GAY
• MATTGAY
• GAY SPORTS NEWS: ALAN GENDRE STORY GETS HEAVY MEDIA ATTENTN
• COLTS SIGN RAMS' MATT GAY TO BIGGT EE AGENT AL EVER FOR A KICKER
• PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT
• IS MATT GAY THE ANSWER FOR THE LA RAMS KICKG DUTI?
• LAS VEGAS RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY SOCIAL MEDIA POST
• IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021.

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

MEET THE 16 OUT GAY AND BI FOOTBALL PLAYERS THE NFL’S 103-YEAR HISTORY

The NFL has played for more than 100 years and there have been 16 gay or bi players to e out publicly.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never e out, even when retired. Jenks is gay and this was the the first time he wily discsed his sexual orientatn. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn.

LOS ANGEL RAMS KICKER MATT GAY POK FUN AT NFL UNIFORM VLATN TWEET

Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

-- After he was fed by the NFL for a uniform vlatn Week 1 agast the Buffalo Bills, Los Angel Rams kicker Matt Gay ma a sizable adjtment to his tweeted Friday morng that he was fed $5, 000 for wearg pants that were too short. "Thanks guys now I feel safe and n do my job super well, " Gay wrote the Rams kicker wasn't the only player across the league who received punishment for his game-day ensemble.

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Keefer: There's no quick fix for the Colts, and they've fally figured that outChris Ballard and the Colts realize they n't solve the problems of the last two years overnight, and their ee-agency mov reflect Keefer90Colts' special teams job was an easy cisn for a Hoosier like Brian MasonThe new ordator was on the rise at Notre Dame and gets to stay Indiana for the next step of his Keefer4Colts bankg on high-priced Matt Gay to solidify kicker spot once and for allDpe Chase McLghl curbg the team's kickg wo 2022, Indy went all by mtg to a rerd-settg al for Boyd23. Here are some of the media piec, cludg a great piece om our iend John Branch at the New York Tim, and a vio report on the openly gay kicker.

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Openly Gay Kicker Wants to Make NFL History - VIDEOAlan Gendre graduated om Middle Tennsee State 2012. Alan Gendre, Gay Middle Tennsee State Kicker, Wants A Shot At The NFLAlan Gendre is nothg if not unique.

The vout Christian, Florida native was a superstar kicker for the Middle Tennsee State's Blue Rairs; he is also openly gay.

GAY SPORTS NEWS: ALAN GENDRE STORY GETS HEAVY MEDIA ATTENTN

Alan Gendre tryg to make NFL as openly gay kicker | Audibl - seems only a matter of time until the NFL has s first openly gay player -- ex-Ravens lebacker Brandon Ayanbajo, an outspoken advote for same-sex marriage equaly, hted earlier this offseason that a group of four current NFL players may e out as a group the near future. Gay kicker Alan Gendre hopg for NFL tryout | Larry Brown SportsAlan Gendre is an openly gay kicker, formerly of Middle Tennsee State, who is attemptg to make the NFL. Openly Gay Kicker Alan Gendre Workg Toward Crackg An NFL Roster " CBS New York"My whole thg this is jt to help anybody who is stgglg wh g out, " Gendre told the New York Tim.

Alan Gendre Gay: NFL Don't Care About Kicker's Sexualy, We Shouldn't EherMajor news outlets have been focg on Alan Gendre's journey to the NFL as a gay man, but the NFL has a ls dramatic narrative — they simply don't re that he is gay. 5 ln ntract wh the Colts on Monday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network signg the biggt ee-agent al for a kicker NFL history, 's safe to assume Gay will kick for the Colts 2023 whout facg a challenge trag mp. Meanwhile, the Rams will have to fd a new kicker after Gay nverted 74 of 80 field-goal attempts for them over the prev three seasons....

Openly gay former llege kicker Alan Gendre reflects on his time at Middle Tennsee. In his sophomore and junr years, he was 28-of-34 for an 82-percent nversn rate.

COLTS SIGN RAMS' MATT GAY TO BIGGT EE AGENT AL EVER FOR A KICKER

In a big match-up at Maryland early his sophomore year, he h a 19-yard field goal om a badly angled left hash mark wh no time left to lift his team to a huge road w.

I first met Gendre four years ago when Outsports ran an anonymo story by soclogist Eric Anrson about the gay kicker. Now openly gay and 23, wh a ep-seated nfince his sexual orientatn, Gendre wants another shot at the pros. When parents of other youth got wd that the mystery gut was his boyiend and Gendre was gay, they mand the church learship remove him om the their worship team.

PRO GAY-RIGHTS FORMER NFL PLAYER SUG VIKGS TO RELEASE DISMISSAL REPORT

"I ed to flip to the back to see if the Bible fed homosexualy, " he said. In s place are scribbl om Gendre’s past, cludg thoughts about beg gay and a note about a boyiend om high school.

In fact, the first time Josh Davis says he heard of Gendre was om a teammate who ma sure to fill him on the team’s ltle secret: "Jt so you know, we have a gay kicker.

IS MATT GAY THE ANSWER FOR THE LA RAMS KICKG DUTI?

"Off the field, some guy might throw a gay joke at him, " Davis said, "but was never tend to be ser, was jt guys beg guys together. Durg his hman year, he was hangg out wh some of his teammat late one eveng when a lebacker observed that somethg they were all lookg at was "so gay.

’ But I never heard anythg about him beg gay, was jt qutns about why he was missg kicks.

There has never been a publicly out gay player the NFL or Divisn I llege football.

LAS VEGAS RAIRS PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY SOCIAL MEDIA POST

Many experts have long believed the first gay NFL player wouldn’t be a current athlete who out. Instead, he would be openly gay high school and llege and eventually make his way to the pros already out of the closet.

In many ways, a place-kicker uld be the perfect next step for gay visibily the NFL. While the public and the media may not have accepted yet, the fact is that football — the players and the ach, the team owners and fans — are overwhelmgly ready to embrace an openly gay athlete the pros.

IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

"The NFL is a bs, and they’re gog to make bs cisns above all else, " openly gay former NFL player Wa Davis said. Wh his story now public, the hop of many will rt on this young gay kicker om the South.

Seventeen years after pryg Vatieri away om the Patrts, Indianapolis has agreed to sign Rams kicker Matt Gay to a four-year al worth up to $22. 5 ln, acrdg to Gay’s agent, David, whose average per year salary checks at $5.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Drafted the fifth round by Tampa Bay 2019 after wng the Lou Groza Award at Utah, Gay ially stggled the NFL, puttg together an uneven rookie season wh the Bucneers, then gettg cut at the end of trag mp 2020. Indianapolis had a chance to land Gay days after the Bucneers released Gay, the Colts signed the young kicker to the practice squad and kept him there as surance for Blankenship until mid-November, when the Rams plucked Gay off the practice squad to replace jured kicker Kai ’s been one of the most nsistent kickers the NFL sce ma 74 of 80 field goals, or 92. 5% of his attempts, two and a half seasons Los Angel, buried all but two of his 97 extra pots and ma 12 of 15 kicks om 50 yards or more, earng himself a Pro Bowl nod and a Super Bowl rg wh the Rams Gay n ntue to be that nsistent, the 28-year-old uld provi Indianapolis the same kd of long-term stabily at kicker that the Colts once enjoyed wh Vatieri, hopefully avoidg the pfalls the team has gone through at the posn the past four seasons.