Ryan O’Callaghan lived a tortured existence throughout his four-season NFL career, including two with the Chiefs, and considered suicide.

Such was the life of a gay man who hadn’t told anyone of his sexual orientation.

O’Callaghan’s life began to turn in a positive direction with the help of conversations with Susan Wilson who currently serves as a UMKC vice chancellor of the Division of Diversity and Inclusion and then-Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli. Read more…