Las Vegas Raiders Football Jersey worn by Carl Nassib
date: label: date made
content: ca 2021
name: label: wearer
content: Nassib, Carl
label: Associated Name
content: NFL
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Defensive end Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders wore this jersey on September 13, 2021, when he became the first openly gay player to take the field in a regular-season game.
label: Description
content: Nassib played multiple sports at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, PA before attending Penn State University, where he made the football team as a walk-on. After not playing his first two seasons, Nassib would become a star defender, receiving numerous accolades his Senior Year (2015), named to the All-American team and receiving both the Lombardi (given to college's best lineman or linebacker) and Nagurski-Woodson (given to the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year) awards.
label: Description
content: Following his senior year, Nassib entered the National Football League, where he played for seven years, taking the field for the Cleveland Browns (2016-2017,) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2017-2018, 2022) and Las Vegas Raiders (2019-2021). In his professional career Nassib had 25.5 sacks and 187 tackles.
label: Description
content: Nassib came out as gay before the September 2021 season opener. In the game he sacked quarterback Lamar Jackson in overtime, helping lead the Raiders to a 33–27 victory against the Baltimore Ravens.
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Football
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: Exhibition
content: New Acquisitions Case 3W
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carl Nassib
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2024.0065.01
label: accession number
content: 2024.0065
label: catalog number
content: 2024.0065.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey, football
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, synthetic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, flat: 31 3/4 in x 26 in; 80.645 cm x 66.04 cm