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Michael Sam, an All-Amerin fensive leman om Missouri and the Associated Prs' SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay terviews wh ESPN's Outsi the L and the New York Tim on Sunday.

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MIZZOU'S MICHAEL SAM SAYS HE'S GAY

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Michael Sam, an All-Amerin fensive leman om Missouri and the Associated Prs' SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay an terview wh ESPN's "Outsi the L" on stated publicly what his teammat and ach at Mizzou have known sce Augt: "I am an openly, proud gay man.

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Assumg that he is drafted, Sam uld bee the first openly gay player the history of the NFL. "In 2014, "Gay Man to Enter Workforce" has the everyday-occurrence sound of a headle The Onn.

BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.

"And I ed that opportuny jt to tell them that I was gay. I didn't want to say, 'Hey, I might be gay. "Tellg the world I'm gay is nothg pared to that.

"Sam had dner on Saturday wh Dave Kopay, a former NFL player who said he was gay 1975 -- three years after his playg reer Sunday night, the NFL released a statement supportg Sam. "Among other male pro athlet who have said they are gay, Jason Colls, a 12-year NBA veteran, me out a Sports Illtrated article at the end of the 2012-13 regular season, but has not played for a team sce.

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MIZZOU'S MICHAEL SAM SAYS HE'S GAY

"I jt want to go to the team who drafts me, " he said, "bee that team knows about me, knows that I'm gay, and also knows that I work hard.

"Sam rejects the appallg slanrs that sometim have been hurled at gay men. "I mean, people will talk about the stereotype of gays beg the locker room... To me, I thk that 's a ltle stereotyped that gay people are predators.

"If a gay person did that, I wouldn't ll that person weak. I'm Ain Amerin, and I'm gay, " he said.

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Before Carl Nassib, Michael Sam was the NFL’s first openly gay draft pick - The Washgton Post .

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