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Carl Nassib, First Openly Gay NFL Player, Retires After 7-Year Career

‘GAVE IT EVERYTHING I HAD’

The outside linebacker and former captain of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called himself “the luckiest guy on the planet.”

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

Carl Nassib
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AJ McDougall

AJ McDougall

Breaking News Reporter

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