Michael Sam might be currently looking for another opportunity to prove he can play in the NFL after being released from the Dallas Cowboys’s practice squad last month. But the 2013 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and former All-American at the University of Missouri has nonetheless nabbed another huge honor: being named one of GQ’s Men of the Year for 2014. Sam’s interview with the magazine will be rolled out later this week. In the meantime, the athlete tweeted an image of his cover shot: A big thank you to @GQMagazine for including me among their #GQMOTY – I’m beyond honored to share their company!! pic.twitter.com/nw0gVXhYlb November 17, 2014 Sam, who became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL last…
Michael Sam might be currently looking for another opportunity to prove he can play in the NFL after being released from the Dallas Cowboys’s practice squad last month. But the 2013 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and former All-American at the University of Missouri has nonetheless nabbed another huge honor: being named one of GQ’s Men of the Year for 2014.
Sam’s interview with the magazine will be rolled out later this week. In the meantime, the athlete tweeted an image of his cover shot:
A big thank you to @GQMagazine for including me among their #GQMOTY – I’m beyond honored to share their company!! pic.twitter.com/nw0gVXhYlb
— Michael Sam (@MichaelSamNFL) November 17, 2014
Sam, who became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL last spring, graces one of six GQ covers released as part of the Men of the Year rollout. The 24-year-old shares the honor with “Guardians of the Galaxy” hunk Chris Pratt, Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley of “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Foxcatcher” star Steve Carell, among others.
Way to go, Sam!
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