Former St. Louis Rams and Dallas Cowboys defensive end Michael Sam reflected on the aftermath of his football career in a recent interview with Flinder Boyd of Yahoo Sports.
Sam, who became the first openly gay player in the NFL when the Rams took him in the 2014 , said "no one would give me a job" after his brief NFL career ended. He added, "Where was the support that I got for coming out? I felt like I was used by everyone."
The Rams released Sam prior to the start of the 2014 regular season, and while he caught on with the Cowboys as a member of their practice squad, he never played in a regular-season NFL game.