Scott Frantz, the starting left tackle for Kansas State’s football team, told ESPN he is a gay man Thursday morning.
Frantz went public with the personal information on “SportsCenter” after privately informing his teammates at a players-only meeting last season. Frantz said he came out to his teammates while in tears, but they were completely supportive.
“I came out to my teammates, and I’ve never felt so loved and so accepted ever in my life than when I did that,” Frantz told ESPN reporter Holly Rowe during a televised interview at K-State. “And ever since then it’s been great.