Las Vegas Raiders DE Carl Nassib came out as gay to the public today via his Instagram account. This makes him the NFL’s only openly gay player in the league.
Carl Nassib makes huge announcement on Instagram
In his video, he mentioned that he’s “not doing this for attention, but I think representation matters”. He also announced a donation of $100,000 to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on LGBT youth suicide prevention.
Some people may call out Carl Nassib’s label of the only openly gay player in the NFL by recalling Michael Sam. Sam came out prior to the 2014 NFL Draft but never made a regular season roster. There have been other NFL players coming out to the public once they retired. Carl Nassib will likely be looked at by the LGBT community as a face of hope and positivity as he is a known entity in the NFL and a household name.



