Rams gay player

The journey continues. Sam was picked by the Rams during the NFL Draft in May and has been playing in preseason games, the final of which was held on Friday. After completing his college football career, Sam publicly came out as gay. He became the first publicly gay player to be drafted in the NFL.

The Rams released him during the final preseason roster cuts. He also spent time on the Dallas Cowboys ' practice squad before being waived. I want to thank the entire Rams organization and the city of St. The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known.

Earlier this month, Sam had said he was interviewing for all of them. However, the year-old Texas-born defensive end, who made history by becoming the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, could still end up playing pro football this year.

He survived a first round of cuts on Tuesday but did not make it past a second round on Saturday, when the team was trimmed from 75 to 53 players. Michael Sam will not be playing for the St. Louis Rams during games when the regular NFL season begins in September, as the team released him on Saturday during a second and final round of cuts.

Sam posted several tweets in response.

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The Rams' announcement during the NFL draft that the team had chosen Sam, a University of Missouri football team star, to join the team was accompanied by live, emotional footage of him kissing his boyfriendmade international headlines and sparked supportive comments as well as mean-spirited reactions.

Sam could also be made a member of the St. Louis Rams' practice squad, NBC Sports reported, adding that such a decision is expected to be made in the next couple of days. The cable network has apologized about it. The Rams were involved in history, and despite that, there is reason to be wary of the league’s embrace of openly gay players and the LGBTQ+ community in the last several years.

He kept his head down and worked and you can't ask anything more out of any player for that matter, he said, adding, "I believe he can play in this league. Then, with the th overall pick in the 7th Round of the Draft, the St.

Louis Rams picked Sam, making him the first openly gay man in the history of the NFL to get drafted. All 31 other NFL teams have until Sunday to decide if they want to put in a claim to have Sam play for them instead.