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  • Michael Sam: I should've been drafted in the first three rounds

    05/11/2014 7:19:37 PM PDT · by FlJoePa · 161 replies
    cbs sportsline ^ | 5-11-14 | John Breech
    Former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam became the first openly gay player in NFL history to be drafted when the Rams took him with the 249th pick on Saturday, but Sam almost didn't make history because he almost fell out of the draft. Sam was taken with the eighth-to-last pick, meaning he almost wasn't drafted at all, something he found rather shocking. The NFL's first openly gay player said he should've been picked higher. "From last season alone, I should've been in the first three rounds -- SEC Defensive player of the year, All-American," Sam said, listing off his 2013...