Michael Sam Stepping Away From Football Citing ‘Mental Health’
Citing worries for his own sanity, Michael Sam – professional football’s first openly gay player – is walking away from the game again. He left the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes on Friday and said he is taking time away from the game.
“The last 12 months have become very difficult for me to the point where I became concerned for my mental health,” Sam tweeted Friday evening. “Because of this, I am going to step away from the game at this time.”
Sam, the SEC’s defensive player of the year in 2013, announced before the 2014 NFL draft that he is gay. His life after that point has been a whirlwind that included short stints with the St Louis Rams and Dallas Cowboys, an appearance on Dancing With The Stars and his time with the Alouettes in which he actually saw his only pro game action in a game last week.
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