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• BEFORE CARL NASSIB, MICHAEL SAM WAS THE NFL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY DRAFT PICK. HE NEVER PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
• CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY
• MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS
• CARL NASSIB OF LAS VEGAS RAIRS IS FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE HE IS GAY
• MEET STT FRANTZ, AN OPENLY GAY NFL DRAFT PROSPECT WH A CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY, THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO DO SO
• ARIZONA CARDALS SELECT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE 3RD ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK
• RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED
• OBAMA NGRATULAT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST
• MICHAEL SAM IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER DRAFTED INTO THE NFL (VIDEO)
• MICHAEL SAM (RAMS, PICK NO. 249) IS FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED
• MIZZOU NFL DRAFT PROSPECT MICHAEL SAM ANNOUNC HE'S GAY

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

Seven years before Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay on Monday, an all-Amerin om the Universy of Missouri risked a promisg reer wh a public claratn.

“I am an openly proud gay man, ” Michael Sam, a 24-year-old fensive end, told ESPN and the New York Tim Febary announcement followed a surprisg 12-2 season for Missouri, which won the SEC East and then the Cotton Bowl as Sam was named the SEC fensive player of the year. On Tuday, Sam thanked Nassib for jog the ranks of LGBTQ football players, payg special tribute to the donatn Nassib ma to the Trevor Project, a nonprof foced on suici Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib announced June 21 on Instagram that he is gay, makg him the first active NFL player to e out. The NFL particular had faced cricism for allegedly askg prospects about their sexual orientatn and had been acced of hamperg players who spoke out favor of gay many profsnal athlet around the world, cludg several retired NFL players, had e out by 2014, no one who was still playg football had dared to make that move before story rurfaced on Monday when the 28-year-old Nassib, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 2016 and now plays for the Rairs, announced that he is gay a vio on Instagram.

CARL NASSIB IS THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO COME OUT AS GAY

“Here’s the tth: Everyone ow Michael Sam such a b of gratu, ” Wa Davis, a former NFL rnerback who me out as gay 2012, told The Washgton Post on Monday. He wasn’t the only gay man who stggled to fd a place the NFL after g retired NFL players have publicly intified as gay, begng wh Dave Kopay, who me out 1975, three years after leavg the sport. Carl Nassib Is The First Active NFL Player To Come Out As Gay "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " he said an Instagram vio.

MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER, RETIR FOR MENTAL HEALTH REASONS

Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib said on Monday that he would not have been able to publicly e out as gay whout the support of the NFL and his teammat. " "I jt want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay, " Nassib said an Instagram vio he posted on his verified Instagram acunt.

" Nassib is by no means the first gay football player the NFL, but he is the first openly gay active player the league to play the regular season.

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

Michael Sam me out as gay followg his succsful llege reer and before the 2014 NFL draft, makg him the first publicly gay player to be drafted the NFL. Michael Sam, who 2014 beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, announced on Twter Friday eveng that he is walkg away om football for mental health reasons. After he failed to fd a al wh an NFL team, Sam signed wh the Montreal Alouett of the Canadian Football League, at which pot he beme the CFL's first openly gay player.

MEET STT FRANTZ, AN OPENLY GAY NFL DRAFT PROSPECT WH A CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY

7, he beme the first openly gay player to play a regular season CFL game, though he did not register any tackl or sacks his appearanc. 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.

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.

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

“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. 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.

ARIZONA CARDALS SELECT GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER TO ANNOUNCE 3RD ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK

Frantz uld eventually be the first openly gay man to play an NFL regular-season game. In 2014, former Missouri fensive end Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted, landg wh the Rams as a seventh-round pick, but he was cut by the team before the regular season. Frantz, a sophomore at the time, was "sred" and "nervo" about revealg his sexual orientatn, but those feelgs fad when he saw how the group reacted.

That terview wh Rowe marked the first time Frantz spoke publicly about beg gay. He had known he was gay sce the fifth gra, but he didn't tell anyone close to him prr to the 2016 meetg. 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.

RAMS CUT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED

Sam was cut jt before the regular season Colls, who is now retired, beme the first active openly gay NBA player 2013. The third round pick of the Arizona Cardals at the 2022 NFL Draft will be announced by a gay flag football player om the Phoenix area, Outsports has learned.

Joel Horton has been a member of the Phoenix Gay Flag Football League sce 2013, when he moved to the area.

Prevly he had played the New York Gay Flag Football League. He has participated multiple Gay Bowls, the annual world champnship for gay flag football.

OBAMA NGRATULAT MICHAEL SAM, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED BY NFL

Horton is also the Gay Bowl liaison for the Natnal Gay Flag Football League. In 2021, the Cardals were a ma sponsor of the Gay Bowl Phoenix.

“They wanted to make a pot that was important to them, ” Horton said of the Cardals’ volvement Gay Bowl. Var other NFL clubs have sponsored their lol LGBTQ flag football leagu and the Gay Bowl, cludg the New England Patrts, New York Giants and Denver Brons. Horton, a Cardals (and specifilly Larry Fzgerald) fan is the first publicly out gay man we know of to announce an draft pick for an NFL anchise.

One thg we know is that Horton will not be announcg the name of a publicly out gay player as the Cardals’ pick, as there are none this year’s NFL Draft (though there are undoubtedly gay players up for grabs).

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB ANNOUNC HE’S GAY, AN N.F.L. FIRST

In his 10 years wh the pany, Nick has led ESPN's verage of the Ners' 2019 Super Bowl n, Col Kaepernick's prott, the Rams makg Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL, Sam's subsequent pursu of a roster spot and the team's relotn and stadium saga.

MICHAEL SAM IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALL PLAYER DRAFTED INTO THE NFL (VIDEO)

Louis Rams ma him the 249th overall choice the 2014 NFL Missouri fensive end beme the first openly gay player to be drafted league history and seeks to be the first openly gay athlete ever to play the of Sam receivg the ll om the Rams and ach Jeff Fisher revealed the player's emotn while surround by iends, fay and his 's emotn rried over to a nference ll wh the St.

"Sce Febary and my big announcement, this has been a whole [lot of] speculatn of the first openly gay football player, but you know what? Now he'll get the chance jt a uple of hours down the road om his llege home Columbia, announced that he is gay on ESPN before Febary's NFL sutg be.

"Obvly people are gog to make somethg out of , " Long told "He's not the first gay player to ever play football.

MICHAEL SAM (RAMS, PICK NO. 249) IS FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER DRAFTED

He might be the first openly gay profsnal football player, but there's all typ of people om all over an NFL locker room, really is a meltg pot and never ceas to amaze me how a locker room n jt mh, people om all different walks of life, so I don't thk 's an issue. "Brooklyn Nets center Jason Colls, who this season beme the NBA's first openly gay player, said is a "great day for the NFL and Michael and his fay.

Louis Rams have cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. Michael Sam first openly gay player drafted to NFL. First openly gay player drafted NFL.

MIZZOU NFL DRAFT PROSPECT MICHAEL SAM ANNOUNC HE'S GAY

He me out Febary, tellg ESPN: "I'm an openly proud gay man''.

Print Barack Obama ngratulated Michael Sam on Saturday for beg the first openly gay football player taken the Natnal Football League draft, the Whe Hoe said a statement. “I me to tell the world I’m an openly proud gay man, ” he said an terview wh ESPN.

He said he was surprised to disver many people the media already knew he was gay.