It’s almost football season.
While that sentence may be hard to believe, it’s true. NFL training camps open up at the end of July, which means thousands of chiseled, God-like football players will soon descend upon practice fields and weight rooms during the dog days of summer, wearing nothing but spandex and athletic gear as they sweat their brains out.
And who says football isn’t gay?
With players confined to team facilities and dormitories–oh yeah, they room together, too–there is also a lot of downtime. That’s where rookie hazing comes into play. Hazing rituals are ubiquitous across training camps, with veterans forcing newcomers to carry their pads, receive horrible haircuts and sing for the masses.
With that in mind, we thought it was appropriate to highlight some of the league’s best newbies before camps get underway. To complete this herculean task, we perused the Instagram feeds of the most notable draft picks from the last five years, searching for shirtless workout pics and hot bods.
In due time, these players will be melting under the sun. So it’s only fitting they make us melt first, right?
Click through and enjoy the show…
Houston Texans RB Bijan Robinson (Class of 2023)
Pietro D
Hockey is my sport, followed by Baseball with the Bosox from Boston and the Jays from Toronto, my favourite teams! As for American football, two thumbs way, way, way down! One very stupid, violent activity passing as a “sport”, much in the vein of “boxing” and the hated “bullfighting”.
JScott
Hockey!?! I will take your word that you hate American football because of the violence. But to call out violence in football, and then say your favorite sport is Hockey seems a bit hypocritical. Hockey revels in violence, from brutal checking to straight up bench clearing brawls, hockey does take the (ice cream) cake – see what I did there?
Anyway, glad you like hockey. And I think this Queerty spread might have more to do with hunky and attractive men that actually glamorizing American Football.
(all said with a smile)
Kangol2
Do you really follow Major League Baseball, because it’s the Red Sox from Boston and the Blue Jays from Toronto. Also, hockey is one of the most violent sports out. From concussions to broken limbs to whiplash from crosschecks to loss of teeth, etc., it’s brutal. And that doesn’t even count the high-sticking and fighting!
Rambeaux
That was certainly uncomfortable to watch.
Kangol2
Lots of beauties! The new NFL season is only a few moths away!
KissBananaPeels
I can ALWAYS count on a white publication to sexualize Black men…this is the most coverage a Black man will get until he does something anti-gay…oh well, enjoy your fetishization
frapachino
Hard eye roll here!
Kangol2
I hear you but this publication often acts as if hot non-White men don’t exist, so Queerty may be guilty of many things but over-sexualizing Black men (or any BIPOC men) isn’t it!
ciasteczek
What a wanker… Queerty post too many pics of white guys? woke snowflakes skreams: racism. Queesty post mostly pics of black guys? Woke snowflakes scream: sexualization of Black men. You people will never be satisfied.
circuitbear
And if there were no POC in this list it would also be a problem right? Insert deep sigh and eye roll ————-> here!
dario717
Okay, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Nick Bosa, and Joe Burrow, yes. The others, nice but not worth clicking through. Also, It has been years (plural) since the Chargers moved to LA.
Neoprene
They coulda lightened the list up a little by including cutie/hottie WR Alec Pierce of the Colts, who proves white men CAN jump, at least one in a million anyway.
Kangol2
“Lightened the list up”? Did you forget your freaking white hood? Sheesh, can you keep the racist BS to yourself?
judysdad
I’ll take Nick Bosa, thank you very much.