Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay player, announces retirement
Carl Nassib has announced his “bittersweet” retirement from the National Football League (NFL) after seven years playing in it.
The athlete previously made history as the first openly gay active player in the NFL’s 103-year history after publicly coming out in 2021.
He will continue working with it on matters of “diversity, equality and inclusion”, as well as its philanthropic endeavours, People reported.
Nassib confirmed news of his retirement in a lengthy Instagram post on 6 September, where he wrote that his goal is to focus on Rayze – his company that has an app helping users give back to the causes they are passionate about. “It really feels like just yesterday starting out as a walk-on at Penn State,” he said. “I can truly hang up my helmet for the last time knowing I gave it everything I had. “Growing up I loved how fun football was.
