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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Michael Sam Becomes a Household Name

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     On Saturday, February 8th, 2014, Michael Sam took Americans by storm when he announced that he will potentially be the NFL’s first openly gay player. Fans were all surprised, yet the people close to him weren’t. The LA Times reported that Michael Sam came out to his teammates during the season, and it seems that his coming out made no negative impact on his Missouri football team. Sam has gathered respect all across the world, but it’s left to wonder if he’ll fall down draft boards across the league. He finished the season with 11.5 sacks, one coming in the AT&T Cotton Bowl, and led a 12-2 Missouri Tigers defense that simply dominated most of the time. Sam’s sack total is similar to Alex Okafor’s when he left Texas a year ago, and Okafor was drafted in the 4th round.  In today’s NFL, games are won by blocking for the QB, or getting to the QB. Number 52 all but mastered the latter at the college level.

- Isaiah Addair

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