Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jeff Rohrer opens up about his "modern family" in a new documentary from NFL Films. 

The retired football star tears up when he shares the decades-long story of hiding who he was, his coming out, and his divorce from his wife.

"It was something that I suppressed so hard for so many years that I really had no idea," Rohrer says on growing up in the '70s and '80s. "My story was you kind of, go on a track of who you're supposed to be, not who you want to be."

It seemed like his life was falling apart when he finally admitted his sexuality to himself and family, but he soon found happiness. In 2018, Rohrer married skin-care expert to the stars Joshua Ross, becoming the first NFL player ever to get married to someone of the same gender. He now lives with his husband, ex-wife, and two kids all in the same house—a truly modern family living situation.

Through it all, Rohrer remained nervous about what the football community might say, but "what I've learned is that they both have been very accepting," he says. "I'm so happy, so proud that I'm out, so proud that I'm gay. And I'm just going to go forward." 

Watch the moving documentary below.