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Jeff Rhorer
Jeffery Charles Rohrer played in the NFL between 1982 to 1989 as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. He also revealed his addiction to painkillers. Then I found Josh, and began to openly live the life I was born to live.”
4. There were hundreds of letters forwarded to me.”1.
He knows this because many of them have reached out to him.
Top 10 NFL players who have come out as gay
The NFL is one of the most competitive leagues in all of sports. Unfortunately for McDonald, his professional career was in jeopardy, followed by his arrest in Washington, D.C. in 1968 for having alleged intercourse in public with a man.
Carl Nassib
Former NFL professional Carl Nassib played 7 seasons in the league as a defensive end.
It was then that Ray McDonald’s sexual orientation came to the limelight. But now that I have come out it rarely crosses my mind. The star of “The Bachelor” said he has been struggling with his sexuality his whole life.
In June, Carl Nassib of the Raiders came out as gay.
2022 update
In August, Carl Nassib signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
2023 update
Carl Nassib retired from the NFL after seven seasons.
2024 update
Reflects no new out players in the league this season.
2025 update
Reflects no new out players in the league this season.
(This story first ran in 2019 and is updated when new players come out and before the start of each season.)
The post Meet the 16 out gay and bi football players in the NFL’s 106-year history appeared first on Outsports.
When Carl Nassib came out as gay during Pride Month in June 2021, he did much more than become the first active NFL player to be publicly out.
That made him the first NFL player to marry someone of the same sex.
Rohrer played for the Cowboys in the '80s and played in 83 games. The player would have a short stint with the Raiders before moving to the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League.
“I just wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. After coming out in 2012, Davis has done great activism work for organizations like the "You Can Play" project.
In 2012, Davis expressed in an interview how it felt to be isolated in the NFL due to his sexual orientation. The outside linebacker played college football at Penn State University prior to his NFL career. The following year, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.
He once said regarding the NFL and not coming out: "The NFL has a reputation, and it's not even a verbal thing — it's just known.
In 1968, he was arrested for "having sex with a man in public." Soon after, that's when Lombardi warned players to not give him any crap for being gay. He would sign for short stints with the Seattle Seahawks, Barcelona Dragons, and Washington Redskins until retiring in 2003.
It was later that Wade Davis came out as gay and became the captain of the National Gay Flag Football League, the New York Warriors.
It's fabulous. Played in the Super Bowl with the 2007 Patriots.
Ryan Russell (2015-17, spent 2018 in Bills camp): Defensive lineman with the Buccaneers and Cowboys. By 1969, injuries would permanently end his professional career. When Nassib came out, Kopay told OutSports he was ecstatic to hear the news.
"That's really big news.
Underwood often talked about his virginity on "The Bachelor," and he didn't come out as gay until 2021. Roy Simmons
Roy Franklin Simmons had played in the NFL from 1979 to 1983.
He knows this because many of them have reached out to him.
Top 10 NFL players who have come out as gay
The NFL is one of the most competitive leagues in all of sports. Unfortunately for McDonald, his professional career was in jeopardy, followed by his arrest in Washington, D.C. in 1968 for having alleged intercourse in public with a man.
Carl Nassib
Former NFL professional Carl Nassib played 7 seasons in the league as a defensive end.
It was then that Ray McDonald’s sexual orientation came to the limelight. But now that I have come out it rarely crosses my mind. The star of “The Bachelor” said he has been struggling with his sexuality his whole life.
In June, Carl Nassib of the Raiders came out as gay.
2022 update
In August, Carl Nassib signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
2023 update
Carl Nassib retired from the NFL after seven seasons.
2024 update
Reflects no new out players in the league this season.
2025 update
Reflects no new out players in the league this season.
(This story first ran in 2019 and is updated when new players come out and before the start of each season.)
The post Meet the 16 out gay and bi football players in the NFL’s 106-year history appeared first on Outsports.
When Carl Nassib came out as gay during Pride Month in June 2021, he did much more than become the first active NFL player to be publicly out.
That made him the first NFL player to marry someone of the same sex.
Rohrer played for the Cowboys in the '80s and played in 83 games. The player would have a short stint with the Raiders before moving to the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League.
“I just wanted to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay. After coming out in 2012, Davis has done great activism work for organizations like the "You Can Play" project.
In 2012, Davis expressed in an interview how it felt to be isolated in the NFL due to his sexual orientation. The outside linebacker played college football at Penn State University prior to his NFL career. The following year, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.
He once said regarding the NFL and not coming out: "The NFL has a reputation, and it's not even a verbal thing — it's just known.
In 1968, he was arrested for "having sex with a man in public." Soon after, that's when Lombardi warned players to not give him any crap for being gay. He would sign for short stints with the Seattle Seahawks, Barcelona Dragons, and Washington Redskins until retiring in 2003.
It was later that Wade Davis came out as gay and became the captain of the National Gay Flag Football League, the New York Warriors.
It's fabulous. Played in the Super Bowl with the 2007 Patriots.
Ryan Russell (2015-17, spent 2018 in Bills camp): Defensive lineman with the Buccaneers and Cowboys. By 1969, injuries would permanently end his professional career. When Nassib came out, Kopay told OutSports he was ecstatic to hear the news.
"That's really big news.
Underwood often talked about his virginity on "The Bachelor," and he didn't come out as gay until 2021. Roy Simmons
Roy Franklin Simmons had played in the NFL from 1979 to 1983.