Scott Frantz, NFL Draft prospect, comes out as gay
Frantz came out to his teammates in 2015, saying it only brought them closer together
Scott Frantz, Photo: ESPN
“I came out to my teammates, and I’ve never felt so loved and so accepted ever in my life than when I did that.”
—Scott Frantz, offensive tackle for Kansas State, coming out publicly in an interview with ESPN. Frantz spoke about coming out to coaching staff and his teammates, saying: “[E]ver since then it’s been great. I’ve grown so much closer to my teammates since then.”
Frantz told his teammates during the 2015 season, after head coach Bill Snyder brought a motivational speaker who urged the players to reveal details about themselves.
“The very first time I said those words were in front of, you know, 110, 120 football guys,” Frantz said. “So you can imagine how scared I was, how nervous I was…. And thankfully my teammates embraced me with open arms, and it was great.”
When he came out to Snyder, Frantz said the response was refreshingly simple: “No big deal.”
Watch the full interview below:
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