Warren Sapp

Warren Sapp
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Sapp in 2023
Colorado Buffaloes
Position:Graduate assistant
Personal information
Born: (1972-12-19) December 19, 1972 (age 51)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Apopka (Apopka, Florida)
College:Miami (FL) (1991–1994)
NFL draft:1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Colorado (2024–present)
    Graduate assistant
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:198
Tackles:573
Sacks:96.5
Forced fumbles:19
Interceptions:4
Total touchdowns:3
Player stats at PFR

Warren Carlos Sapp[1] (born December 19, 1972) is an American former football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, winning the Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and Bill Willis Trophy as a junior. Sapp was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round of 1995 NFL draft. He spent nine seasons with the Buccaneers and was a member of the Oakland Raiders in his last four seasons. Following his NFL career, he was an analyst on NFL Network until 2015.

With Tampa Bay, Sapp made seven Pro Bowl appearances, earned first-team All-Pro honors four times, and was part of the team that won the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVII. He compiled 96.5 career sacks by the time of his retirement, which are the third-highest career sacks for a defensive tackle and the 28th-highest overall for a defensive lineman. His career, however, was also checkered by controversy from his hard-hitting style of play and occasional verbal outbursts. Along with Lee Roy Selmon and teammate Derrick Brooks, Sapp is one of three players to have his number retired by the Buccaneers.[2] He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013 in his first year of eligibility.[3]

  1. ^ Sentinel, Andrew Ward, Orlando (August 2, 2013). "Hall of Famer Warren Sapp's childhood home reminds neighbors of boy with big dreams". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Bucs to retire Warren Sapp's No. 99". Espn.go.com. May 2, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Corbett, Jim (February 2, 2013). "Parcells, Carter finally make Pro Football Hall of Fame". USA Today. Retrieved February 2, 2013.