NFL News: 'My Brothers Were Homophobes,' Reveals Michael Sam

Michael Sam has caused quite a stir in the mid-year for being the first openly gay athlete that was drafted by the NFL. He appeared for the first time on television for an interview after being cut by the Dallas Cowboys where he shared his bad experiences growing up among homophobic brothers.

Huffington Post shared a video of the interview where Sam discussed the details of his childhood to Oprah. The full interview will air on Saturday, December 27, 2014, at 10:30 p.m. ET on OWN, after the exclusive "Michael Sam" documentary premieres at 9 p.m. on the same network.

He said in the same Huffington Post report that he was one of eight children and they grew up in the small town of Hitchcock in Texas. Sam revealed that two of his brothers were killed and declared dead and that his remaining older brothers were troublemakers known in their town as the "damn Sams".

TMZ.com reported that Sam had to deal with homophobia at a very young age in his own home. His brothers allegedly called him "f*gg*t", because he was different, according to Sam. He said his brother abused him on a daily basis.

Sam said about his experience, "They called me a lot of things. They called me a f**. They called me gay. They called me anything you could think of -- just to hurt me."

Particularly, his brothers smashed an MVP trophy that was awarded to him when he was in seventh grade. He said, "I was so proud of those trophies ... and my older brother, he was so jealous he just broke them in front of me. And it was the saddest thing." He added, "I couldn't have anything without them destroying it or taking it from me."

Despite being a very talented athlete and winning trophies in school for football, basketball and track, his older brothers were jealous of him, Sam claimed, and destroyed the supposedly beautiful memories he could have cherished. His mother, however, was very proud of his achievements.

He stated in the Inquisitr.com report, "Most of the time, that was scary. That was a small house, in more ways than one. I couldn't be around. I tried to stay away as much as possible. I still got beat up a lot. We called the cops on my brothers so many times I can't even count. Not only for hurting me. They'd abuse my sisters. Verbally abuse my mom. Call me that word [f*gg*t]."