Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy wrote an essay Wednesday for The Players' Tribune urging all athletes -- not just NFL players -- to "man up" and speak out candidly about sexual assault, victim blaming and rape.
"This isn't about the NFL," Levy writes in the piece. "It's much bigger than that. But I'm asking my fellow athletes to take this opportunity to step up. Some of the funniest, most insightful and honest conversations I've ever had in my life have taken place inside a locker room. But this particular topic is one that has never come up.