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>> he's young. yes, he has the rest of his life. and i don't want him to have to live in fear. >> reporter: even after enduring that ordeal, they tried repeatedly to call dr. harrington to complain. the doctor never returned any of their calls and he hasn't returned any of our calls either. meanwhile, health officials here in oklahoma say dr. harrington could face felony criminal charges and so could the assistants who worked inside this practice with him as well. brooke? >> ed "outfront" for us, thank you. and now to this, gay players in the nfl. there's been a lot of reporting recently tha...

Fortitude or the grace to kind of make the hard decision. >> reporter: for harris, the burden almost became too much to bear. >> you want to escape the turmoil and your mind goes to dark places sometimes. but i would just say that i -- i'm happy today. i'm glad that, you know, i didn't actually -- but those are just ideas and i didn't act on any of those things. and that, you know, it does get better. >> reporter: you haven't spoken about this to any media at all. so why now? >> i want people, you know, whether they're gay athletes or athletes still in the closet or youth who aren't quite sure...

Harris has actually never talked publicly about his own sexuality until today. he talked only to his former teammate coy wire. we'll talk to coy who is live with us tonight. first, his exclusive interview with quinn harris. >> reporter: quinn harris was a stand out football player from high school to stanford university to first round pick in the 2003 draft. he played six seasons in the pros, five with the san francisco 49ers and one with the oakland raiders. >> i love football. football provided me experiences and opportunities that i wouldn't trade for anything else. and at the same time, th...

Stand out football player from high school to stanford university to first round pick in the 2003 draft. he played six seasons in the pros, five with the san francisco 49ers and one with the oakland raiders. >> i love football. football provided me experiences and opportunities that i wouldn't trade for anything else. and at the same time, the cost was great in asking me to not speak candidly or be able to be open about myself in this complete manner. >> reporter: harris is gay. he said he's always known this but concealed it until recently. >> i wasn't publicly out until -- until about -- i d...

Returned any of our calls either. meanwhile, health officials here in oklahoma say dr. harrington could face felony criminal charges and so could the assistants who worked inside this practice with him as well. brooke? >> ed "outfront" for us, thank you. and now to this, gay players in the nfl. there's been a lot of reporting recently that a professional football player may consider coming out in a matter of weeks. there has never been an out player in the nfl or on any major league sports team. think about it. basketball, football, baseball, hockey, not at all. but some like former san fran...