Carl Nassib is now the first out NFL player signed to a regular season roster

Carl Nassib playing for the Cleveland Browns during a game in 2018.
Photo: Erik Drost – Wikimedia Commons

Defensive lineman Carl Nassib is the first out NFL player to get a spot on a team’s NFL roster. The Las Vegas Raiders, the team he has played on since last year, announced their finalized roster this week and he was on it.

This means that Nassib will also be the first out professional football player to participate in a regular season game on Monday Night Football on September 13.

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Nassib made sports history when he came out as gay in a June 21 Instagram post, making him the first active NFL player to do so.

He acknowledged that his life is great – “I have the best life, I have the best family, friends and job a guy can ask for” – but also seemed weary of criticism that he was coming out just to get attention.

“I’m a pretty private person so I hope you guys know that I’m really not doing this for attention,” he said in the video. “I just think that representation and visibility are so important.”

He added that he was donating…

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