Michael Sam Signed By Dallas Cowboys To Practice Squad

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, Missouri's Michael Sam (52) sings the school song after Missouri defeated Indiana in an NCAA college football game in Bloomington, Ind. The All-American athlete says he is g... FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, Missouri's Michael Sam (52) sings the school song after Missouri defeated Indiana in an NCAA college football game in Bloomington, Ind. The All-American athlete says he is gay, and the defensive end could become the first openly homosexual player in the NFL. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File) MORE LESS
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The Dallas Cowboys have signed defensive end Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in the National Football League, to their practice squad.

Sam had been cut last week by the St. Louis Rams, the team that drafted him in the seventh round of this year’s NFL draft.

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