Warren Sapp

• Born: 19 December 1972
• Birthplace: Orlando, Florida
• Best Known As: 300-pound defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Warren Sapp is the 300-pound former NFL lineman whose lightfooted appearance on Dancing With the Stars in 2008 made him an unlikely ballroom hero. Sapp played 13 seasons in the NFL -- nine with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995-2003) and four with the Oakland Raiders (2004-07). A burly defensive tackle who wore #99, he won a reputation for crunching hits and for a blunt quotability with the press. He was named the NFL's defensive player of the year in 1999 and won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay in 2002. He retired at the end of the 2007 season and moved into the broadcast booth in 2008 as a commentator on the NFL Network and on Showtime. Later that year he was paired with professional dancer Kym Johnson on Dancing With the Stars.

Sapp went to the University of Miami. He was a first-round draft pick of the Buccaneers in 1995... Sapp's opponents on Dancing With the Stars included TV personality Brooke Burke and teensy actress Cloris Leachman.

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Personal Information

Born Warren Carlos Sapp on December 19, 1972, in Plymouth, FL; son of Annie Roberts (a teacher's assistant); married JaMiko Vaughn, 1998; children: Mercedes, Warren Jr
Education: Attended University of Miami, 1991-94.

Career

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa, FL, defensive tackle, 1995-.

Life's Work

Warren Sapp, defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is a fierce sacker of opposing quarterbacks and has helped his team make it to the playoffs four times between 1995 and 2002. At 303 pounds, the five-time Pro Bowl honoree--and one of the highest-paid athletes in professional football--is an immense and often feared presence on the gridiron; on the sidelines, he has gained a reputation for another of his talents: his dramatic verbal fireworks both in and out of the locker room. "Sapp," noted Esquire writer Charles P. Pierce, "will do the dance, the chest bump, and the howl--now de rigueur--on every sack, but it is the way he throws himself into the play that makes him unique."

Sapp was born on December 19, 1972, in Plymouth, Florida, a town outside of Orlando, where friends and family still call him by his middle name, "Carlos." The youngest of six children, he was raised in a single-parent household, and never knew his father. His mother, Annie Roberts, often worked three or four jobs to support the family, but Sapp has said that such early hardships were not a hindrance. "I had a very loving and caring mother," Sapp told Sports Illustrated journalist S. L. Price. "I had people around. I had a big family. I took what I had, and I worked with it. Sometimes life deals you a dirty hand. So you just have to rearrange it."

Budding Career Almost Nixed by Rumors

Roberts was a firm disciplinarian with her son, and once managed to get him suspended from the Apopka High School football team, where he was a star player, until his grades improved. Sapp entered the University of Miami as a redshirt freshman, or off-the-roster team member, in 1991. He went on to play three impressive seasons with the Hurricanes, and won a number of honors for best defensive player at the college level, including the 1994 Vince Lombardi award for best collegiate lineman/linebacker in the United States. Though known for his immense size--he weighed in at 285 pounds at Miami and stood six-foot, one inch in height--Sapp soon gained a reputation for fleet-footedness when going after opposing-team quarterbacks. "He leaps over blockers, reads linemen at a glance and runs an absurd 4.69 40-yard dash," wrote Price in Sports Illustrated. "He is strong, smart, bubbly."

Sapp decided to forego his senior year of college at Miami and enter the National Football League (NFL) draft in 1995. He was eager to begin a professional career and help his family, he told Price. "I saw a way for my mother to retire," Sapp said in a Sports Illustrated interview. "She's been working a long time. I'm her last kid, her last shot, and I have an opportunity for her to kick up her feet and say, 'I don't have to go to work today if I don't want to.'" In February of 1995 he participated in the NFL scouting combine, and his stellar performance caused sportswriters to deem him one of the top-five draft picks that season. But a few weeks later, rumors surfaced that Sapp had tested positive for both cocaine and marijuana. The report had been leaked to the media from someone inside the NFL organization.

The League quickly issued a statement saying that the report was erroneous, and that Sapp had not tested positive for cocaine, but their backpedaling did not address the marijuana question. Sapp and his agent denied that he had ever tested positive for cocaine, and Sapp told Price that he was willing to submit to weekly drug tests by any team that drafted him. The damage was done, however, and he dropped out of the top five, losing what was potentially a $4 million rookie contract. He remained undeterred by the fracas. "If they drop me to 10th, that's still more money than I've ever seen in my life," Sapp told Price. "It's still an opportunity to fulfill my dream of playing in the NFL. So if one team feels this incident makes me less of a player or the wrong kind of person for their franchise--to each his own."

Emerged as Strong Defensive Player

Sapp's tale devolved into a "ghoulish draft-day sideshow," noted Alexander Wolff, another Sports Illustrated writer, as television cameras registered Sapp's every reaction after eleven teams bypassed him that day. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took a chance, however. At the time, the franchise had suffered 12 consecutive losing seasons of 10 or more games. Its new owner, Malcolm Glazer, and coach Sam Wyche were optimistic that Sapp was still a good bet. Wyche told Greg Cote at Sporting News that the newest Buc "is a tremendous football player who may become one of the glowing examples of how you can overcome a college mistake in a society that is filled with these kinds of temptations."

Sapp donned jersey No. 99, in honor of Tampa native and former University of Miami star defensive tackle Jerome Brown, who died tragically in a car crash in 1992. During his rookie season, Sapp did not start in many games, but he racked up 27 season tackles and several sportswriting organizations named him football's rookie defensive tackle of the year. The following year he began to emerge as one of the Bucs' star players, starting in 14 of 15 contests and taking down a number of opponents despite a chronic ankle injury. In June of 1997 Sapp's name once again appeared in headlines when he was arrested for marijuana possession after police searched his car. The drugs had been in a backpack belonging to friend, and a judge later ruled that police had lacked enough evidence to conduct the search without a warrant.

Sapp went on to an impressive 1997 season, with 68 tackles--45 of them solo--and 10.5 sacks, and the team made it into the playoffs. He made it into the Pro Bowl again that year, and at the end of the season renegotiated his salary and signed a new $36 million contract, making him one of the two highest-paid defensive tackles in the NFL. In 1998 Sapp did not perform as well as expected, though the team did emerge as one of the League's strongest defensive squads. Yet Sapp still had much to be happy about that year as he wed girlfriend JaMiko Vaughn. In 1999 both Sapp and the Bucs rebounded. Sapp had a career high of 12.5 sacks--missing the League all-time record by a half-sack--and the Bucs took the NFC Central title. He was named to the Pro Bowl for a third time, and was becoming a favorite of sportswriters for his ability to deliver a quip. In 2000 and again in 2001, the Bucs again advanced to the top of the rankings and entered the playoff season.

Controversial Season Led to Superbowl Victory

Near the close of the 2002 season, Sapp came under fire in the media after a game against the Green Bay Packers. Sapp had blocked Packers' tackle Chad Clifton with a hit to the shoulder, and Packers' coach Mike Sherman confronted Sapp and claimed that he had used his helmet as a weapon. Tampa Bay's newest coach, Jon Gruden, defended his star tackle. "Warren Sapp did nothing illegal or malicious," a New York Times report quoted Gruden as saying. "He made an aggressive play. When a ball is intercepted, we're trying to score. No matter how that play is interpreted by a coach on another team or a fan of another team, Warren Sapp made no error whatsoever." Sapp had his own characteristic spin on the incident, and a report by Thomas George of the New York Times noted that Sapp and Sherman were disputing each other's statements to the press. Sapp remarked that if Sherman refused to "tell the truth about it, I'll just leave it at that. We get an interception, we're returning the ball and I turn and look for somebody to block. I get double-teamed and worse all of the time. I get one good, clean hit and now I'm the dirtiest player in the league? Tell him to carry his tail home with that loss."

Sapp did not allow this incident to disrupt his play as he racked up 7.5 sacks and two interceptions on the way to a NFC Division title with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sapp and the Bucs entered the playoffs as a favored team and they did anything but disappoint. The Bucs rolled over their opponents on their way to their first Superbowl appearance where Sapp and his teammates beat the Oakland Raiders to end the season as Superbowl champions. For Sapp, it was the pinnacle moment of his career and he credits everyone with the victory, including his teammates, his coaches, and even his fans whom he told, "Thank you from the bottom of my heart," during a post game celebration.

Though known for his fiery temperament both on and off the field, his colleagues respect Sapp. His Tampa Bay teammate Jerry Wunsch told Sports Illustrated's Michael Silver that Sapp is "a good leader, a guy who points us in the right direction and is always focused on winning. You always know where you stand with him." Sapp himself is more sanguine about his abilities and reputation as one of the League's most formidable players. "Head, heart and feet," he told a writer for the Tampa Tribune, "that's what it takes to be a great player."

Awards

Vince Lombardi Award, 1994, for best collegiate lineman/linebacker; named to Pro Bowl, 1997-2001.

Further Reading

Periodicals

• ADWEEK Eastern Edition, January 15, 2001, p. 24.
• Esquire, September 2000, p. 200.
• New York Times, November 25, 2002, p. D3; November 26, 2002, p. D7; December 29, 2002.
• Sport, December 1999, p. 60; August 2000, p. 48.
• Sporting News, May 22, 1995, p. 32; October 12, 1998, p. 10; January 28, 2002, p. 22
• Sports Illustrated, March 27, 1995, p. 48; May 1, 1995, p. 49; October 30, 1995, p. 80; September 15, 1997, p. 91; March 9, 1998, p. 68; August 23, 1999, p. 48; November 5, 2001, p. 50.
• Sports Illustrated for Kids, September 1, 2000, p. 65; November 1, 2001, p. 56.
• Tampa Tribune, July 31, 1998, p. 12; April 28, 2002, p. 1.

• Superbowl News, www.superbowl.com/news/story/6155894

— Carol Brennan and Ralph Zerbonia

Warren Sapp

Sapp with the Buccaneers in 2003
No. 99
Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: December 19, 1972 (1972-12-19) (age 39)
Place of birth: Orlando, Florida
High School: Apopka High School Apopka, Florida
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Weight: 330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
College: University of Miami
NFL Draft: 1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
Debuted in 1995 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Last played in 2007 for the Oakland Raiders
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995–2003) Oakland Raiders (2004–2007)
Career highlights and awards
7× Pro Bowl (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) 4× First-team All-Pro (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1997, 1998) Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team NFL 2000s All-Decade Team NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1999) College awards and honors
Career NFL statistics as of 2007
Games played	198
Games started	188
Tackles	569
Quarterback sacks	96.5
Forced fumbles	8
Interceptions	4
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com

Warren Carlos Sapp (born December 19, 1972) is a former American college and professional football player who was defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for thirteen seasons. He played college football for the University of Miami Hurricanes, was recognized as a consensus All-American and won multiple awards. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1995 NFL Draft as the 12th overall pick, and played professionally for the Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. He spent nine seasons with the Buccaneers where he earned seven trips to the Pro Bowl and a Super Bowl ring in 2002. He moved to the Raiders in 2004.

His 96.5 career sacks (100 counting the playoffs) are the second-highest career total sacks for a defensive tackle and the 28th highest overall for a defensive lineman. His 77 sacks with the Buccaneers is second in the team's history.

During Sapp's career, he has been the source of some controversy because of his hard-hitting style of play and his occasional verbal outbursts, both on the field and off. Some of these resulted in NFL fines, and he was once ejected from a game for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 2.1 Awards and honors 3 Professional career 3.1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.2 Super Bowl XXXVII 3.3 Oakland Raiders 4 Life after football 5 Legacy 6 Controversies 6.1 Mike Sherman confrontation 6.2 The skipping incidents 6.3 Ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct 6.4 Domestic Battery Charges 7 References 8 External links

Early years

Sapp was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. During the late 1980s he was honored as an outstanding football player at Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida as a linebacker, tight end, place kicker, and punter.^[1] Holds school records for sacks, tackles for a loss, and longest field goal. While playing football for Apopka High School, Sapp delivered a hit on baseball player Johnny Damon, a player from Dr. Phillips High school, resulting in a concussion for Damon.

In 2007, Sapp was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100-year history of high school football in the state of Florida.

College career

“	Warren [Sapp] has the power of a Cortez Kennedy and the quickness of a Russell Maryland.	”
—former University of Miami defensive tackle Mark Caesar.[2]

Many top national colleges sought him out as a football player; Sapp chose to play for the University of Miami. Converted to defensive lineman while there, Sapp would win the Bronko Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player), the Rotary Lombardi Award (best lineman or linebacker) and the Bill Willis Award (best defensive lineman) all in 1994. He was also named to many All-American teams.

Awards and honors

• Second-team All-American (1993)
• 2× First-team All-Big East (1993–1994)
• Consensus first-team All-American (1994)
• Lombardi Award (1994)
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy (1994)
• Bill Willis Award (1994)
• Outland Trophy finalist (1994)
• Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1994)
• Defensive Player of the Year by Football Writers Association of America

Professional career

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sapp (during his tenure with the Bucs) visits members of the US Navy

After playing college football at the University of Miami, where he was a defensive standout, Sapp was drafted into the NFL by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 draft (12th pick overall). Sapp ran the fastest time in the 40-yard dash for a defensive tackle, recording a 4.69 time. Upon joining Tampa Bay, Sapp was almost immediately given the starting job as right defensive tackle, a position he held for his entire nine-year stay in Tampa. He finished his rookie season with 27 tackles and one interception. Sapp continued to be a prolific, intimidating tackler for the Buccaneers, tallying 51 tackles and nine sacks in 1996 and 58 tackles and 10.5 sacks in 1997. In 1997, Sapp was named to his first Pro Bowl. It was the first of seven straight selections. Sapp was named 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the year.

He flourished in the Bucs' aggressive Tampa 2 defense, which allowed him to put his devastating combination of size and speed to good use. He was known to disrupt plays even when being double- or even triple-teamed on the line.^[3]

Super Bowl XXXVII

In 2002, Sapp helped lead a resurgent Tampa Bay team to victory in Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders. Sapp had five tackles and two sacks during the 2002-2003 postseason, and was an instrumental staple in the league leading Buccaneers defense.

Oakland Raiders

Sapp during his time with the Raiders

In 2004, it was reported that Sapp was interested in accepting a contract offer from the Cincinnati Bengals for four years worth US $16 million. However, on March 20, he announced that he had agreed to terms on a seven-year, $36.6 million contract with the Raiders.

Sapp started all 16 games in his first season in Oakland, splitting time at defensive end as well as defensive tackle. Sapp recorded 30 tackles (18 solo), 2.5 sacks and recovered two fumbles.^[4] Warren lost an estimated 20 pounds before joining the Raiders in 2004. Sapp's 2005 season started out as a great year for Sapp, as he was moved back to his familiar DT position. He started the first ten games of the season recording 29 tackles (26 of them solo), and finished second on the team to Derrick Burgess with five sacks.^[4] Sapp was sidelined for the last six games of '05 with a shoulder injury.

Sapp returned to his All-Pro form in 2006. Sapp and the Raider defense were one of very few bright spots for the 2006 Raiders. Sapp had 10 sacks to go along with 32 tackles (16 solo) and one forced fumble. Before the 2007 season, he lost 49 pounds. He finished the 2007 season with 37 tackles (24 solo), 2 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles.

On January 3, 2008, Sapp told Raiders owner Al Davis over the phone that he would retire. The next day, January 4, 2008, Sapp confirmed it on his website qbkilla.com in just two words: "I'M DONE!"^[5] The retirement became official on March 4, 2008.^[6]

Life after football

He is currently an analyst on NFL Network where he is featured on NFL Total Access and NFL GameDay Morning.

On August 19, 2008, Sapp was hired as a studio analyst for Inside the NFL on Showtime.

Sapp came in 2nd place on Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars. He was paired with professional dancer Kym Johnson. He was one of the roasters in the Comedy Central Roast of Larry The Cable Guy.

Legacy

Sapp is one of only nine defensive players in NFL history to make the Pro Bowl, be named Defensive Player of the Year, and win a Super Bowl or NFL title. The others are Joe Greene, Charles Woodson, Jack Lambert, Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu and Sapp's former teammate, Derrick Brooks. He is now reckoned as the prototype three-technique defensive tackle; ever since his retirement NFL teams scouting defensive tackles have reportedly been looking for a "Baby Sapp."^[3]

Controversies

Mike Sherman confrontation

On November 24, 2002, at Raymond James Stadium, Sapp drew criticism for blocking the Green Bay Packers' Chad Clifton during an interception return by the Buccaneers. Clifton was jogging down field, away from the main action, and was blindsided by Sapp.^[7] The hit sent Clifton to the hospital. He was hospitalized for almost a week and could not walk unaided for five more weeks. In 2005, the NFL Competition Committee agreed on new guidelines for "unnecessary roughness", making hits such as that suffered by Clifton illegal.

In an exchange caught by television cameras following the game, Packers' coach Mike Sherman approached Sapp and said to him, "That was a chicken shit play."^[8] In response, Sapp screamed at Sherman: "You're so tough? Put a jersey on!"^[7] Sapp later called Sherman: "a lying, shit-eating hound. ... If I was 25 years old and didn't have a kid and a conscience, I would have given him an ass-kicking right there at the 30-yard line."^[7] Sherman later said of Sapp: "The joviality that existed after [the hit] when a guy's lying on the ground, with numbness in his legs and fingers, I just thought that wasn't appropriate for any NFL player."^[8]

The skipping incidents

During pre-game warm-ups of a December 23, 2002 Monday Night Football game at Raymond James Stadium, Warren skipped among the Pittsburgh Steelers players during their pre-game warmups. Steelers running back Jerome Bettis shoved Sapp, and this was followed by a heated argument between the two teams. Sapp was not fined for the incident, but it added to his controversial image. Sapp felt that he was made an example by the NFL by being fined for that first skipping incident. "That's all this is about," said Sapp. "In my nine years in this league, no one's been fined for verbally abusing officials. It's unprecedented."^[9] The Buccaneers had been earlier ridiculed by Steelers' Lee Flowers as being "paper champions." Despite losing to the Steelers in that game, Sapp and the Buccaneers went on to win Super Bowl XXXVII five weeks later.

In 2003, during an October 6 Monday Night Football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sapp was scolded for skipping through and disrupting the Colts players, who were spread out on the field, stretching during pre-game warmups. There was much anticipation and national interest going into the game, which was the return of former head coach Tony Dungy to Tampa. The Colts wound up erasing a 21-point deficit in the final four minutes, and defeated the Buccaneers 38-35 in overtime, initiating a downslide for the defending champions.

A week later, on October 12, 2003, prior to the game against the Washington Redskins, Sapp was running onto the field when he bumped into an NFL referee. The incident drew a fine of $50,000. Sapp's response to the fine: "It's a slave system. Make no mistake about it. Slave master say you can't do it, don't do it. They'll make an example out of you."^[10]

Ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct

On December 23, 2007, Sapp was involved in an altercation with NFL referees near the end of the second quarter of the Raiders' game at Jacksonville.^[11]

The incident began when linesman Jerry Bergman mistakenly assumed that the Raiders wished to decline a Jacksonville 10-yard penalty. Sapp, the defensive captain, began speaking with referee Jerome Boger, indicating that the Raiders instead wished to accept the penalty. The conversation became heated, with Sapp gesturing and swearing. This resulted in an unsportsmanlike conduct call by Boger against Sapp. Sapp and his defensive teammates continued interacting with the officials after the penalty was called, resulting in a second unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Sapp and another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty assessed against teammate Derrick Burgess. Finally, the coaches and officiating staff entered the field and began physically separating and removing the arguing players. Boger claimed that during this time Sapp "bumped" him; Sapp denies making physical contact. Regardless, at this point Boger levied a third unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Sapp and ejected him from the game. Sapp did not play in the second half and was eventually fined $75,000 by the NFL; Burgess received a $25,000 fine.^[12]

Domestic Battery Charges

On February 7, 2010 Sapp was arrested in South Florida and charged with domestic battery. Sapp was in Florida to appear as an analyst for the NFL Network's coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, but following the arrest an NFL Network spokesman said Sapp would not appear.^[13] On March 24, the charges against Sapp were dropped.

References

1. ^ "nflplayers.com". Warren Sapp #99. http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=22532. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
2. ^ Nobles, Charlie (November 2, 1994). "Syracuse Can't Scare Miami's Star Tackle". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/02/sports/football-syracuse-can-t-scare-miami-s-star-tackle.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "A beast on D-line, Warren Sapp became NFL legend in the '00s". USA Today. January 24, 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-01-21-all-decade-d-tackles-warren-sapp_N.htm. Retrieved November 20, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Warren Sapp". Nfl.com. 1972-12-19. http://www.nfl.com/players/warrensapp/profile?id=SAP635685. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
5. ^ "http". //www.qbkilla.com. http://www.qbkilla.com. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
6. ^ "ESPN - Sapp files paperwork, officially puts end to 13-year career - NFL". Sports.espn.go.com. 2008-03-04. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3277165&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
7. ^ ^{a b c} "ESPN.com "Sherman angered by Sapp hit, celebration"". Static.espn.go.com. 2003-01-30. http://static.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1465999.html. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "CNNSI.com "Sapp, Sherman sound off on third-quarter hit"". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2002-11-25. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/11/25/sapp_sherman/. Retrieved 2010-09-28. 
9. ^ "espn.go.com". NFL Threatens to Suspend Sapp. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1638149. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
10. ^ "Sapp's Act Ceases to Be Amusing". USA Today. October 22, 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/saraceno/2003-10-19-saraceno_x.htm. Retrieved May 1, 2007. 
11. ^ White, David (December 27, 2007). "Sapp still gesturing, yelling, says he didn't touch official". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/27/SPH6U4SFE.DTL. 
12. ^ White, David (December 27, 2007). "SFGate: Raiders Silver and Black Blog : Fine day: Sapp fined 75k, Burgess dinged for 25k". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=11&entry_id=22997. 
13. ^ ESPN.com news services (2010-02-07). "Sapp charged with domestic battery". ESPN.com (ESPN). http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4893233. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 

External links

• Official website
• Warren Sapp on Twitter
• Warren Sapp at ESPN.com

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v d e Bronko Nagurski Trophy winners 1993: Waldrop 1994: Sapp 1995: Fitzgerald 1996: Fitzgerald 1997: Woodson 1998: Bailey 1999: Moore 2000: Morgan 2001: Williams 2002: Suggs 2003: Strait 2004: Johnson 2005: Dumervil 2006: Laurinaitis 2007: Dorsey 2008: Orakpo 2009: Suh 2010: Bowers 2011: Kuechly

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v d e Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft picks Selmon · Bell · D. Williams · Snell · Green · Farrell · Holmes · Jackson · R. Jones · Testaverde · Gruber · Thomas · McCants · McRae · Curry · Sapp · Brooks · Upshaw · M. Jones · Dunn · Anthony · McFarland · Walker · Clayton · C. Williams · Joseph · Adams · Talib · Freeman · McCoy · Clayborn AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

v d e Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1995 NFL Draft selections Warren Sapp • Derrick Brooks • Melvin Johnson • Jerry Wilson • Clifton Abraham • Wardell Rouse • Steve Ingram • Jeff Rodgers

v d e Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII Champions 7 Martín Gramática | 9 Tom Tupa | 10 Shaun King | 11 Rob Johnson | 14 Brad Johnson | 19 Keyshawn Johnson | 20 Ronde Barber | 23 Jermaine Phillips | 25 Brian Kelly | 26 Dwight Smith | 27 Aaron Stecker | 30 Darian Barnes | 31 Tim Wansley | 32 Michael Pittman | 34 Dexter Jackson (MVP) | 35 Corey Ivy | 38 John Howell | 40 Mike Alstott | 41 Daniel Wilcox | 43 Jameel Cook | 45 Mike Solwold | 47 John Lynch | 51 Alshermond Singleton | 52 Nate Webster | 53 Shelton Quarles | 55 Derrick Brooks | 56 Ryan Nece | 58 Jack Golden | 59 Justin Smith | 60 Cosey Coleman | 62 Jeff Christy | 64 Dan Goodspeed | 66 Ryan Benjamin | 67 Kenyatta Walker | 71 Kerry Jenkins | 72 Roman Oben | 74 Cornell Green | 75 Lomas Brown | 77 Todd Washington | 80 Todd Yoder | 83 Joe Jurevicius | 84 Reggie Barlow | 85 Ken Dilger | 86 Karl Williams | 87 Keenan McCardell | 88 Rickey Dudley | 89 Casey Crawford | 90 Buck Gurley | 91 Chuck Darby | 92 Anthony McFarland | 93 DeVone Claybrooks | 94 Greg Spires | 95 Ron Warner | 96 Ellis Wyms | 97 Simeon Rice | 99 Warren Sapp Head Coach: Jon Gruden Coaches: Joe Barry | Jeremy Bates | Richard Bisaccia | Michael Christianson | Jay Gruden | Monte Kiffin | Richard Mann | Rod Marinelli | Raheem Morris | Bill Muir | Stan Parrish | Mike Tomlin | Art Valero | Kirby Wilson

v d e NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press 1971: Page 1972: Greene 1973: Anderson 1974: Greene 1975: Blount 1976: Lambert 1977: Martin 1978: Gradishar 1979: Selmon 1980: Hayes 1981: Taylor 1982: Taylor 1983: Betters 1984: Easley 1985: Singletary 1986: Taylor 1987: White 1988: Singletary 1989: Millard 1990: Smith 1991: Swilling 1992: Kennedy 1993: Woodson 1994: D. Sanders 1995: Paup 1996: Smith 1997: Stubblefield 1998: White 1999: Sapp 2000: Lewis 2001: Strahan 2002: Brooks 2003: Lewis 2004: Reed 2005: Urlacher 2006: Taylor 2007: B. Sanders 2008: Harrison 2009: Woodson 2010: Polamalu 2011: Suggs

v d e National Football League | NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team Brett Favre | John Elway | Barry Sanders | Emmitt Smith | Terrell Davis | Thurman Thomas | Cris Carter | Jerry Rice | Tim Brown | Michael Irvin | Shannon Sharpe | Ben Coates | Willie Roaf | Gary Zimmerman | Tony Boselli | Richmond Webb | Bruce Matthews | Randall McDaniel | Larry Allen | Steve Wisniewski | Dermontti Dawson | Mark Stepnoski | Bruce Smith | Reggie White | Chris Doleman | Neil Smith | Cortez Kennedy | John Randle | Warren Sapp | Bryant Young | Kevin Greene | Junior Seau | Derrick Thomas | Cornelius Bennett | Hardy Nickerson | Levon Kirkland | Deion Sanders | Rod Woodson | Darrell Green | Aeneas Williams | Steve Atwater | LeRoy Butler | Carnell Lake | Ronnie Lott | Darren Bennett | Sean Landeta | Morten Andersen | Gary Anderson | Mel Gray | Michael Bates | Bill Parcells | Marv Levy

v d e National Football League | NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team Tom Brady | Peyton Manning | LaDainian Tomlinson | Edgerrin James | Jamal Lewis | Shaun Alexander | Lorenzo Neal | Randy Moss | Marvin Harrison | Terrell Owens | Torry Holt | Tony Gonzalez | Antonio Gates | Walter Jones | Jonathan Ogden | Orlando Pace | Willie Roaf | Alan Faneca | Steve Hutchinson | Will Shields | Larry Allen | Kevin Mawae | Olin Kreutz | Dwight Freeney | Michael Strahan | Jason Taylor | Julius Peppers | Richard Seymour | Warren Sapp | Kevin Williams | La'Roi Glover | Ray Lewis | Derrick Brooks | Brian Urlacher | Joey Porter | Zach Thomas | DeMarcus Ware | Champ Bailey | Charles Woodson | Ty Law | Ronde Barber | Ed Reed | Brian Dawkins | Troy Polamalu | Darren Sharper | Adam Vinatieri | David Akers | Shane Lechler | Brian Moorman | Josh Cribbs | Dante Hall | Devin Hester | Bill Belichick | Tony Dungy

v d e 1999 Pro Bowl NFC starters Offense QB Steve Young | RB Barry Sanders | FB Mike Alstott | WR Randy Moss | WR Antonio Freeman | TE Mark Chmura OT Larry Allen | OT Willie Roaf | G Randall McDaniel | G Kevin Gogan | C Jeff Christy Defense DE Reggie White | DE Michael Strahan | DT John Randle | DT Warren Sapp OLB Derrick Brooks | OLB Kevin Greene | ILB Jessie Tuggle CB Deion Sanders | CB Ray Buchanan | FS Eugene Robinson | SS LeRoy Butler Special Teams P Matt Turk | K Gary Anderson | KR Roell Preston | ST Michael Bates

v d e 2000 Pro Bowl NFC starters Offense QB Kurt Warner | RB Marshall Faulk | FB Mike Alstott | WR Isaac Bruce | WR Cris Carter | TE Wesley Walls OT Orlando Pace | OT Willie Roaf | G Larry Allen | G Randall McDaniel | C Jeff Christy Defense DE Kevin Carter | DE Michael Strahan | DT Luther Elliss | DT Warren Sapp OLB Jessie Armstead | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Hardy Nickerson CB Todd Lyght | CB Deion Sanders | FS Lance Schulters | SS John Lynch Special Teams P Mitch Berger | K Jason Hanson | KR Glyn Milburn | ST Michael Bates

v d e 2001 Pro Bowl NFC starters Offense QB Daunte Culpepper | RB Marshall Faulk | FB Mike Alstott | WR Isaac Bruce | WR Randy Moss | TE Chad Lewis OT Orlando Pace | OT Willie Roaf | G Larry Allen | G Randall McDaniel | C Jeff Christy Defense DE Hugh Douglas | DE Joe Johnson | DT La'Roi Glover | DT Warren Sapp OLB Jessie Armstead | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Stephen Boyd CB Champ Bailey | CB Troy Vincent | FS Darren Sharper | SS John Lynch Special Teams P Scott Player | K Martín Gramática | KR Desmond Howard | ST Michael Bates

v d e 2002 Pro Bowl NFC starters Offense QB Brett Favre | RB Marshall Faulk | FB Mike Alstott | WR David Boston | WR Terrell Owens | TE Bubba Franks OT Orlando Pace | OT Chris Samuels | G Larry Allen | G Ron Stone | C Olin Kreutz Defense DE Hugh Douglas | DE Michael Strahan | DT La'Roi Glover | DT Warren Sapp OLB LaVar Arrington | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Brian Urlacher CB Ronde Barber | CB Aeneas Williams | FS Brian Dawkins | SS Sammy Knight Special Teams P Todd Sauerbrun | K David Akers | KR Steve Smith | ST Larry Whigham

v d e 2003 Pro Bowl NFC starters Offense QB Brett Favre | RB Deuce McAllister | FB Mike Alstott | WR Joe Horn | WR Terrell Owens | TE Bubba Franks OT Walter Jones | OT Tra Thomas | G Jermane Mayberry | G Ron Stone | C Olin Kreutz Defense DE Simeon Rice | DE Michael Strahan | DT La'Roi Glover | DT Warren Sapp OLB LaVar Arrington | OLB Derrick Brooks | ILB Brian Urlacher CB Champ Bailey | CB Troy Vincent | FS Darren Sharper | SS John Lynch Special Teams P Todd Sauerbrun | K David Akers | KR Michael Lewis | ST Fred McAfee

v d e Thursday Night Football on NFL Network Game site Rich Eisen • Deion Sanders • Steve Mariucci • Marshall Faulk • Michael Irvin Studio Kara Henderson • Sterling Sharpe • Kurt Warner • Jay Glazer Game coverage Brad Nessler (Play-by-play) • Mike Mayock (Color commentary) • Alex Flanagan (Sideline reporter) Former Bryant Gumbel • Dick Vermeil • Tom Hammond • Scott Hanson • Cris Collinsworth • Adam Schefter • Warren Sapp • Bob Papa • Matt Millen • Joe Theismann • Fran Charles • Jim Mora Notable broadcasts Bills Toronto Series • Christmas Day • Hall of Fame Game • Thanksgiving Classic • 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game

v d e Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7) Brooke Burke Warren Sapp Lance Bass Cody Linley Maurice Greene Susan Lucci Cloris Leachman Toni Braxton Rocco DiSpirito Misty May-Treanor Kim Kardashian Ted McGinley Jeffrey Ross

Persondata
Name	Sapp, Warren
Alternative names	Sapp, Warren Carlos; Sapp, Warren C.
Short description	All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
Date of birth	December 19, 1972
Place of birth	Orlando, Florida, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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