Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib first active NFL player to announce he is gay

Defensive lineman Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders has become the first active NFL player to publicly come out as gay (Steven Paston/PA)

Defensive lineman Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders has become the first active NFL player to publicly come out as gay.

The 28-year-old made the announcement in a video on his Instagram account, which has almost 61,000 followers.