Everyone Wants to Buy a Michael Sam Jersey

Welcome to Michael Sam mania.

After Sam was drafted by the St. Louis Rams on the third day of the NFL Draft, making him the first openly gay football player to enter the draft, people began scrambling to order his Rams jersey. In fact, they were the second-highest-selling of any NFL rookie draft pick jerseys as of Monday morning, the league told Outsports.

"This is unprecedented for a day three pick, let alone a seventh round pick, to crack the top five rookies sold following Draft weekend," NFL spokesperson Joanna Hunter told the site. Read more...