You would think. But he's the first openly gay player entering the draft. I have no doubt that the NFL will tell some team "You will draft him" just so they can avoid all the "He wasn't drafted because he's a homosexual" comments.
I was watching "NFL Insiders" on ESPN yesterday. They were discussing Sam. One of the guests said that all the media attention the last few weeks might have emotionally drained Sam, been a huge distraction, and thus affected his performance at the combine. Bill Polian, former Colts GM..jumped all over that, said "EXACTLY!! a distraction!! and that's why NFL teams HATE distractions."
But what owner would want someone that you can't cut (He was only cut because he's gay) that you can't discipline (He's only in trouble because he's gay) and who will bring discord and disease into the locker room?
Not to mention the well deserved damage to the teams reputation (Tampa Gay bucaneers!, Dallas cowgirls, etc etc etc)
I can't see any owner allowing himself to be afflcited with this (unless there were several bonus draft picks involved. Say one bonus pick per round for the next three years.
Football is a game for men, not for faggots. If I wanted to watch faggots I'd watch figure skating.
Here's how this will play out. He will get drafted. I will be shocked if it's before round seven. He'll last until the final cutdown to the 53-man roster, unless he is injured and receives an "injury settlement". He will not play nary a Sunday on an active roster. He may get picked up and put on someone's practice squad where he will spend his entire career, however long or brief it is.
Someone will sign him, just like the Nets signed Jay Collins to a 10 day contract. Somewhere out there, there’s a liberal owner who will sign this guy because of his sexual orientation and not his football skills. I think a 5th round pick may be too high for Sam, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was signed as a UFA just to serve as a prop piece.