[the808bass]

However, I am certain Michael Sam would not have been named Co-Defensive Player of the Year in the SEC by the Associated Press if he had been heterosexual.

Are you saying the AP knew he was gay and voted him as the SEC DPOY but didn't out him? Your timeline is out of whack and leads you to a pretty incorrect assertion.

[zeestephen]

No.

I’m saying the news was out before the start of the 2013 college season.

It just wasn’t heavily promoted before the NFL Draft.