Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team was confident and engaged Tuesday as

Описание: (14 May 2014) Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team was confident and engaged Tuesday as he was formally introduced by the St. Louis Rams, handling questions and scrutiny with aplomb well beyond that of a typical seventh-round fringe prospect.
"I'm determined to be great," Sam said.
Sam put his arm around coach Jeff Fisher after sharing the podium with other late-round picks. Sam disagreed that his sexuality had been a secret at Missouri (he had come out to his teammates before last season). And he considers himself proof that it need not be a factor.
"It's OK to be who you are," Sam said. "It's OK to be comfortable in your own skin."
The appearance of perhaps the most famous seventh-round pick in NFL history attracted a massive throng. A half-dozen TV trucks lined a crammed parking lot at Rams Park, an hour before the team's two first-round picks were due at the podium.
Sam shared the dais with five other players taken in the sixth and seventh round Saturday as the draft came to a close.
For his subsequent solo session, he was flanked by Fisher and Snead, with Rams chief operating officer Kevin Demoff joining the group.
Sam puts on the pads later in the week when the team holds a rookie minicamp, normally a low-key event also sure to attract outsized attention.

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