Michael Sam Cut by St. Louis Rams

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Michael Sam will not be playing for the St. Louis Rams during games when the regular NFL season begins in September, as the team released him on Saturday during a second and final round of cuts.

However, the 24-year-old Texas-born defensive end, who made history by becoming the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, could still end up playing pro football this year.

Sam was picked by the Rams during the 2014 NFL Draft in May and has been playing in preseason games, the final of which was held on Friday. He survived a first round of cuts on Tuesday but did not make it past a second round on Saturday, when the team was trimmed from 75 to 53 players.