Manti Malietau Louis Teo is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. Te’o played college football at Notre Dame, where he was a consensus All-American and received eight national awards. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Manti Teo: Notre dame| Where is| Now| Gay| Hoax| Salary
Notre dame:
The bizarre catfishing scandal that embroiled Notre Dame senior standout linebacker Manti Te’o a decade ago is now the subject of a Netflix documentary.
Te’o, currently an NFL free agent, discussed the project entitled “Untold: the Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist” on CBS Mornings today.
Where is:
New Orleans Saints
After Te’o did not play for most of the 2019 season, New Orleans re-signed him on December 3, 2019.
Now:
“In order for me to kind of heal from this, I needed to reveal it,” he said. “I challenged myself at this time that if anybody asked about it or had questions about it, that I would be open and I would have those hard conversations, and I started to feel the strength that I would get from talking about it.”
Gay:
The long-awaited Katie Couric-Manti Te’o interview aired this afternoon, and for people who have followed the story of the bizarre hoax that led to Te’o claiming to have a girlfriend who didn’t exist, not a lot of new ground was broken:
Te’o is sticking to his story that he was a victim, not a perpetrator, of the hoax, while acknowledging that he did lie to his family about having met his nonexistent girlfriend in person, and that he lied to the media even after learning that she didn’t exist.
Hoax:
Although there have been encouraging stories recently about more accepting attitudes in NFL locker rooms, we may still be a long way off from a day when a football player could answer the question, “Are you gay?” with a simple, “Yes” and not fear being shunned by teammates, downgraded by coaches and heckled by fans.
The bad news is that Te’o seems to think that if you’re an aspiring professional football player, you’re better off being labeled naive and stupid than gay. The awful news is that he might be right.
Salary:
$132,000
Current Contract
Manti Te’o signed a 1 year, $132,000 contract with the Chicago Bears, including an average annual salary of $132,000. NFL contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
