Twelve Cleveland Browns players kneeled during the national anthem on Monday night in a preseason game against the New York Giants.
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Browns tight end became the first white NFL player to kneel during the national anthem
Seth DeValve joined 11 other Browns teammates to kneel during the national anthem to draw attention to social injustice.
Included in the group was tight end Seth DeValve who became the first white NFL player to kneel during the anthem.
Across the league, players have been kneeling during the anthem while teammates (sometimes white players in the cases of Derek Carr and Chris Long) rest their hands on their shoulders in a show of solidarity.
After the game, DeValve, whose wife is African-American, according to ESPN, said: "
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