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Conner Mertens

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Conner Mertens was an American football placekicker for the Willamette Bearcats. He was the first active college football player to publicly come out about his sexuality — he came out as bi.

Mertens is also featured in Out to Win, a documentary about LGBT participation in American sports.

He continues to be an advocate for the LGBT community and is currently on an advisory board for The Trevor Project, is co-chair for the You Can Play Project on the West Coast, and directs the Sports Equality Foundation’s youth advisory committee.