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Only Johnny Football’s selling more jerseys than Michael Sam
Posted by Darin Gantt on May 12, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT
Even though he nearly went undrafted, new Rams defensive end Michael Sam is moving merchandise.
According to Cyd Zeigler of Outsports.com, Sam had the second-highest-selling jersey among this weekend’s picks, trailing only Cleveland quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles rounded out the top five.
“This is unprecedented for a Day 3 pick, let alone a seventh round pick, to crack the top five rookies sold following Draft weekend,” league spokesperson Joanna Hunter said.
Considering the other four players in the top five had a 48-hour head start on jersey sales made it that much more impressive, and indicative of the support he has.
Fans flock to order Michael Sam jerseys
Orders for Michael Sam jerseys by NFL fans are ranking squarely with those of some of the NFL draft's top including rookies, including defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and quarterbacks Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles and Teddy Bridgewater.
Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of communications, reports via Twitter that those five players lead the early demand among rookies. The rankings were tracked from sales at nflshop.com.
Added NFL PR's Joanna Hunter: "It is unprecedented for a day three draft pick to be one of the top five rookies sold during draft weekend.
Manziel's jersey is atop the list, followed by Sam's, then those of Clowney, Bridgewater and Bortles. It's no doubt the first time a seventh-round draft choice has, at least initially, outsold the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, not to mention three first-round quarterbacks. But as the NFL's first openly gay draft choice, Sam's pro career is set to create firsts of all kinds. The next goal for Sam: Become the NFL's first openly gay player to make a 53-man roster.
He'll be challenged to do so with his new team, the St. Louis Rams, in part because the club already has one of the NFL's best tandems at his defensive end position in Robert Quinn and Chris Long.
But if jersey sales are any indication, he has plenty of people rooting for him to succeed.
I think he might even surpass Manziel at this rate, though those Cleveland fans are really high on jimright now..
Posted by Darin Gantt on May 12, 2014, 10:30 AM EDT
Even though he nearly went undrafted, new Rams defensive end Michael Sam is moving merchandise.
According to Cyd Zeigler of Outsports.com, Sam had the second-highest-selling jersey among this weekend’s picks, trailing only Cleveland quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles rounded out the top five.
“This is unprecedented for a Day 3 pick, let alone a seventh round pick, to crack the top five rookies sold following Draft weekend,” league spokesperson Joanna Hunter said.
Considering the other four players in the top five had a 48-hour head start on jersey sales made it that much more impressive, and indicative of the support he has.
Fans flock to order Michael Sam jerseys
- By Chase Goodbread
- College Football 24/7 writer
- Published: May 12, 2014 at 11:18 a.m.
- Updated: May 12, 2014 at 11:38 a.m.
- 14 Likes | 5 Comments
Orders for Michael Sam jerseys by NFL fans are ranking squarely with those of some of the NFL draft's top including rookies, including defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and quarterbacks Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles and Teddy Bridgewater.
Brian McCarthy, the NFL's vice president of communications, reports via Twitter that those five players lead the early demand among rookies. The rankings were tracked from sales at nflshop.com.
Added NFL PR's Joanna Hunter: "It is unprecedented for a day three draft pick to be one of the top five rookies sold during draft weekend.
Manziel's jersey is atop the list, followed by Sam's, then those of Clowney, Bridgewater and Bortles. It's no doubt the first time a seventh-round draft choice has, at least initially, outsold the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, not to mention three first-round quarterbacks. But as the NFL's first openly gay draft choice, Sam's pro career is set to create firsts of all kinds. The next goal for Sam: Become the NFL's first openly gay player to make a 53-man roster.
He'll be challenged to do so with his new team, the St. Louis Rams, in part because the club already has one of the NFL's best tandems at his defensive end position in Robert Quinn and Chris Long.
But if jersey sales are any indication, he has plenty of people rooting for him to succeed.
I think he might even surpass Manziel at this rate, though those Cleveland fans are really high on jimright now..