Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.

It has all happened so quickly, but it's exciting, I just wanna get back to playing football you know.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to own my truth.

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.