INDIANAPOLIS — When the SEC’s reigning Co-Defensive Player of the Year hosted the most-anticipated news conference of the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine, he introduced himself by saying, “My name is Michael Sam. I play football for the University of Missouri.”
During the 12 minutes and 30 seconds that followed Saturday, he intermittently fielded questions about football. Was he better built to play linebacker than defensive end, though the latter position was the one he manned in college? What aspects of his game had he been working on?