Michael Sam, first openly gay NFL player, jog Dancg wh the Stars | fanatix

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• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, JOG DANCG WH THE STARS
• MICHAEL SAM: 'I'M NOT THE ONLY GAY PERSON THE NFL'
• 'DANCG WH THE STARS' 2015 CAST INCLUS FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER AS A CONTTANT

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER, JOG DANCG WH THE STARS

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MICHAEL SAM: 'I'M NOT THE ONLY GAY PERSON THE NFL'

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Michael Sam: 'I'm Not the Only Gay Person the NFL'.

The first openly gay player drafted by the league says other players have sce e out to him. After g out last year, Michael Sam says other players the Natnal Football League have privately nfid him – and he’s not the only one who’s gay. Sam, 25, currently a nttant on Dancg wh the Stars and the first openly gay football player to be drafted by the league, still aspir to jo a team followg stts last year wh the St.

'DANCG WH THE STARS' 2015 CAST INCLUS FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER AS A CONTTANT

He cled to say how many, but as part of his prepared remarks, he said: “I am not the only gay person the NFL. I rpect the players that did reach out to me and had the urage to tell me that they were also gay, but they do not have the same urage as I do to e out before I even played a down the NFL.

Maybe I thought was 2014, and people will unrstand that there’s gay NFL players. There’s gay athlet everywhere. Although he unts on celebry e om Dancg wh the Stars, he says his failure to fd work as a football player is a likely reason other gay players haven’t followed his lead.

“I’m unemployed, and I don’t believe I’m out of the NFL bee I’m gay, ” he said.