Are there any openly gay nfl players

Despite their small numbers, these 16 are trailblazers and have inspired many LGBTQ people in sports and every walk of life, so they are to be applauded.

Dorien Bryant : Wide receiver with the Steelers. Here is the list of football players in the NFL who have come out:. T here have been 16 gay or bi players come out publicly in the NFL, which is in its th season. Ray McDonald : Running back with Washington.

Dave Kopay was the first player to come out, inthree years after retiring after a nine-year career. Michael Sam : Defensive end with the Rams. The queer history of the NFL also includes Roy Simmons — one of the first few players to come out as gay.

Jerry Smith : Tight end with Washington. Identifies as bisexual. There have been 16 gay or bi players come out publicly in the NFL, which is in its th season. In April, Colton Underwood came out publicly.

Carl Nassib, first active : to NFL season Regular season Nassib came out as gay in June and became the first openly gay NFL player to play an NFL game in September Veteran pass rusher Carl Nassib, who in became the NFL's first openly gay player to play in a regular-season game, announced his retirement on Wednesday after seven seasons

Played in the Super Bowl with the Falcons. Martin Jenkins : Defensive back with the Seahawks. In June, Carl Nassib of the Raiders came out as gay. Yet for the third consecutive season, there will be none in List of LGBTQ American football players For a more in-depth discussion of the topic go here: Homosexuality in American Football.

Also on the Cowboys practice squad. Jeff Rohrer : Linebacker with the Dallas Cowboys. Colton Underwood : Tight end had preseason or practice squad stints with the Chargers, Eagles and Raiders. Over the years, Outsports has known of a few other players who are gay but have never come out, even when retired.

Kwame Harris : Offensive lineman with the 49ers and Raiders. Brad Thorson : Offensive lineman with the Cardinals. Played in the Super Bowl with the Patriots. Roy Simmons : Offensive lineman with the Giants and Redskins. This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, and queer -identifying athletes associated with American Football, namely the NFL.

This includes those who were posthumously outed. Jenkins is gay and this was the the first time he widely discussed his sexual orientation. Yet for the third consecutive season, there will be none in Carl Nassib was No. After being cut by the Raiders following the season, Nassib signed on Aug.

To only have 16 out players among the thousands who have been on preseason, practice squad or regular season NFL rosters 23, and counting in a survey done in is barely a blip and shows the stigma that still surrounds people who play football.