So predictable.

Via MSNBC:

Already a first-team all-American, Cotton Bowl champion, SEC Defensive Player of the Year, and MVP as voted by his teammates, former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam could potentially add one more title to his name: the first openly gay player in the National Football League.

“I’m Michael Sam, I’m a football player, and I’m gay,” said the 24-year-old in an interview with the New York Times, published on Sunday. “Is this a huge deal? I understand it is. But my purpose and focus right now is playing football.”

The 6-foot-2, 260-pound Mizzou alum already came out to his teammates in training last summer. But he had never before spoken publicly about his sexual orientation. The reason Sam decided to do so now–three months before the NFL draft, where he’s projected to be chosen early–was to “own [his] truth,” he told the Times, in the face of circulating rumors.

“I’m comfortable with who I am, and I didn’t want anyone to break a story,” said Sam. “I want to tell it the way I want to tell it.”

Update: The “VP” at the end of the tweet is supposed to signify Biden wrote it instead of his staff (same as the “mo” at the bottom of Mooch’s tweet).