Russell, now a free agent, talked about his identity as part of the LGBTQ community in an ESPN essay.
Russell was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2015 and last played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017. In the essay as told to writer Kevin Arnovitz, he said he wants the next football team to sign him to know who he truly is.
The lack of even one openly LGBTQ player currently playing in the NFL, NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball gives him pause, Russell said, but he wants to change that. An openly gay athlete has never played a game for an NFL team. In 2014, Michael Sam became the first openly gay player drafted when he was selected by the St. Louis Rams, but Sam didn’t make the final 53-man roster. In 2017, former offensive lineman Ryan O’Callaghan came out as gay, years after his retirement from the league in 2011.
“I can say with confidence that LGBTQ players having the comfort to be themselves, date who they want, [and] share parts of their life with friends and teammates will not rank among those issues,” he said.
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