Where did the first openly gay football player drafted in the NFL play college football?
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Homosexuality in American football Few American football players have come out as gay. Six former National Football League (NFL) players have come out publicly after they retired. There has never been anyone who has been publicly out while playing in the NFL. Michael Sam was selected by the St. Louis Rams in 2014 NFL Draft, and became the first publicly gay player drafted in the league, but was released before the start of the regular season. He became the first publicly gay player to play in the Canadian Football League in August 2015. In college football, Division III player Conner Mertens came out as bisexual in January 2014, becoming the first active college football player at any level to publicly come out. In August 2014, Arizona State player Chip Sarafin became the first publicly out active Division I player.
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Michael Sam Michael Alan Sam, Jr. (born January 7, 1990) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for the University of Missouri and was drafted by the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft.
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Gordon King Gordon David King (born February 3, 1956) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He played college football at Stanford University and was drafted in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
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Brandon Graham Brandon Lee Graham (born April 3, 1988) is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the thirteenth selection in the draft and the first from the Big Ten Conference. He played college football at Michigan.
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Denzelle Good Denzelle Good (born March 8, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina State and later Mars Hill University, and was drafted by the Colts in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL draft.
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Clifford Charlton Clifford Tyrone Charlton (born February 16, 1965) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the late 1980s. Charlton played college football for the University of Florida, and received All-American honors. A first-round pick in the 1988 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
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Wayne Hawkins Wayne Allen Hawkins (born June 17, 1938) is a former American football player. He played college football from the University of the Pacific. Drafted as an offensive guard in the American Football League's first draft by the Denver Broncos in their "First Selection Round", he joined the Oakland Raiders through the allocation draft before the start of the first American Football League (AFL) season.
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2003 NFL Draft The 2003 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League (NFL) teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.
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Sandy Stephens Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American college football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback at the University of Minnesota, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the first African American to be named an All-American at quarterback. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Trent Brown Trenton "Trent" Brown (born April 13, 1993) is an American football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Georgia Military College and the University of Florida. He was drafted by San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
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Matt Ryan (American football) Matthew Thomas Ryan (born May 17, 1985), nicknamed "Matty Ice", is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Boston College, Ryan was drafted by the Falcons with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
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List of Iowa State Cyclones in the NFL Draft The Iowa State Cyclones college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the Iowa State University in the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). ISU has had 123 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the first draft held in 1936, through the 2016 NFL Draft. ISU has only seen one player taken in the first round, George Amundson with the 14th overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Troy Davis was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints, he has since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Kelechi Osemele was drafted in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens; he went on to win Super Bowl XLVII with the Ravens as their starting right tackle. Six former Cyclones who were drafted have been selected to a Pro Bowl or AFL All-Star Game.
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Marvin Powell Marvin Powell (born August 30, 1955) is a former American football player. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC) and professionally as an offensive tackle in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Powell was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman) Ellis Bernard Johnson (born October 30, 1973) is an American former college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Johnson played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as the National Defensive Player of the Year. He was picked in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos of the NFL.
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Muhammad Wilkerson Muhammad Wilkerson (born October 22, 1989) is an American football defensive end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Temple, and was drafted by the Jets in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
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Letroy Guion Letroy Shelton Guion Jr. (pronounced ; born June 21, 1987) is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Florida State. Guion was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Guion also played for the Green Bay Packers.
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Jesse Anderson (American football) Jesse Lemond Anderson (born July 26, 1966 in West Point, Mississippi) is a former professional American football player. A tight end, he played college football for the Mississippi State University Bulldogs. He was drafted into the National Football League by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1990 NFL Draft, with the 87th overall pick. He and subsequently spent time with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Green Bay Packers, and the New Orleans Saints before retiring in 1993.
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Gene Howard Gene Howard (born December 22, 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 1968 NFL Draft. He played college football at Langston University.
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Derrick Johnson Derrick O’Hara Johnson (born November 22, 1982) is an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas, where he earned consensus All-American honors twice, and was drafted by the Chiefs in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
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Andrew Gardner (American football) Andrew James Gardner (born April 4, 1986) is an American football offensive guard who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
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Dan France Daniel Joseph France (born April 1, 1991) is an American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2014.
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Doug Van Horn Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born June 24, 1944) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football at Ohio State University and was named first team All-American in 1965. Van Horn was drafted in the fourth round of the 1966 NFL Draft. He was also selected in the fifth round of the 1966 AFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.