Warren Sapp From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Warren Sapp Sapp with the Buccaneers in 2003 Position(s): Defensive Tackle Jersey #(s): 99 Born: December 19, 1972 (1972-12-19) (age 36) Orlando, Florida Career information Year(s): 1995–2007 NFL Draft: 1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 College: University of Miami Professional teams Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1995-2003) Oakland Raiders (2004-2007) Career stats Tackles 569 Sacks 96.5 Interceptions 4 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards 7× Pro Bowl selection (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) 4× Associated Press First-team All-Pro selection (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) 2× Associated Press Second-team All-Pro selection (1997, 1998) Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year College awards and honors Warren Carlos Sapp (born December 19, 1972 in Orlando, Florida) is a retired American football player who played defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders during his 13 year professional career, and college football for the University of Miami Hurricanes. He was then drafted by the Buccaneers in the 1995 NFL Draft as the 12th overall pick. He spent nine seasons with the team 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 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. Sapp came in 2nd place on Season 7 of Dancing With The Stars. He was paired with professional dancer Kym Johnson. Contents [hide] 1 Early years 2 College career 2.1 Awards and honors 3 NFL career 3.1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.2 Super Bowl XXXVII 3.3 Oakland Raiders 4 Retirement 5 Controversies 5.1 Mike Sherman confrontation 5.2 The skipping incidents 5.3 Ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct 6 Dancing with the Stars Performances 7 References 8 External links [edit] Early years Sapp was raised in Plymouth, Florida, a huge community on Lake County/Orange County, Florida line. During the late 1980s he was honored as an outstanding football player at Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida as a linebacker, tight end and punter.[1] While playing football for Apopka High School, Sapp delivered a hit on a player from Dr. Phillips High school named Johnny Damon. Damon now plays baseball for the New York Yankees. This was the first concussion that Johnny Damon ever received. 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. [edit] College career 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 Chuck Bednarik Award (defensive player), and the Lombardi Award (best lineman or linebacker) all in 1994. He was also named to many All-American teams. [edit] Awards and honors Second-team All-American (1993) 2x First-team All-Big East (1993-1994) Consensus First-team All-American (1994) Lombardi Award (1994) Outland Trophy finalist (1994) Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1994) Defensive Player of the Year by Football Writers Association, [edit] NFL career [edit] Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sapp (during his tenure with the Bucs) visits members of the US NavyAfter 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 defensive end forty time, recording a 4.69 time. Upon joining Tampa Bay, Sapp was almost immediately given the starting job at the position of right defensive tackle and 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. [edit] 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. [edit] Oakland Raiders Sapp during his time with the RaidersIn 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. Also, there were some well known incentives included to this contract. One of the main incentives, and the one that pushed Warren Sapp toward joining the Raiders, was an incentive that allowed for Warren Sapp to gain free McDonalds if he recorded 10 or more sacks during the season. Warren Sapp was said to be a huge fan of Big Mac's, and much to his dismay he fell short in recovering this incentive. Sapp started all 16 games in his first season with the Raiders, splitting time at defensive end as well as defensive tackle. Sapp recorded 42 tackles (33 solo), 2.5 sacks (Sapp's lowest career sack total) and recovered two fumbles. Warren lost an estimated 20 pounds before joining the Raiders in 2005. This year 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 (25 of them solo), and finished second on the team to Derrick Burgess with five sacks. 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 and one forced fumble. Before the 2007 season, he lost 49 pounds. He finished the 2007 season with 51 tackles, 2 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles. [edit] Retirement 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 (www.qbkilla.com) in just two words: "I'M DONE!"[2] The retirement became official on March 4, 2008.[3] He is currently a member of NFL Network. He debuted talking about Brett Favre being traded to the New York Jets. On August 19, 2008, Sapp was hired as a studio analyst for Inside the NFL on Showtime. [edit] Controversies [edit] 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.[4] 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. Packers' coach Mike Sherman approached Sapp and said to him "You're a chicken shit."[5] In response, Sapp screamed at Sherman: "If you think you're so tough, why don't you put on a jersey?"[4] 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."[4] 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."[5] [edit] The skipping incidents During pre-game warm-ups of a December 23, 2002 Monday Night Football game at Raymond James Stadium, Warren skipped through the Pittsburgh Steelers. 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."[6] 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."[7] [edit] 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.[8] 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.[9] [edit] Dancing with the Stars Performances Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman/Flatley Tonioli 1A Cha Cha/ "Do I Do" 7 7 7 Safe 1B Quickstep/ "Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" 7 7 8 Safe 2 Paso Doble/ "Malagueña" 8 8 8 Safe 3 Viennese Waltz/ "Lovin' U" 9 8 8 Safe 4 Samba/ "Bounce With Me" 8 7 7 Safe 5 Hustle/ "Funkytown" 8 8 9 Safe 6 Rumba/ "Irreplaceable" 8 9 8 Safe 7 Foxtrot/ "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" 7 7 7 Safe Paso Doble/ "Rocks" 10 9 10 8 Tango/ "Peter Gunn Theme" 10 9 9 Safe Jive/ "Hallelujah I Love Her So" 9 8 9 Semifinals Mambo/ "Abril en Portugal 8 8 8 Very Last To Be Saved Jitterbug/ "That Old Black Magic 9 8 8 Finals Samba/ "Blame It On the Boogie" 9 7 9 Runner-Up Freestyle/ "Proud Mary" 9 10 9 Hustle/ "Funky Town" 9 9 9 [edit] References ^ "nflplayers.com". Warren Sapp #99. http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=22532. Retrieved on May 1. ^ http://www.qbkilla.com ^ ESPN - Sapp files paperwork, officially puts end to 13-year career - NFL ^ a b c ESPN.com "Sherman angered by Sapp hit, celebration" ^ a b CNNSI.com "Sapp, Sherman sound off on third-quarter hit" ^ "espn.go.com". NFL Threatens to Suspend Sapp. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1638149. Retrieved on May 1. ^ "usatoday.com". Sapp's Act Ceases to Be Amusing. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/saraceno/2003-10-19-saraceno_x.htm. Retrieved on May 1. ^ Sapp still gesturing, yelling, says he didn't touch official ^ SFGate: Raiders Silver and Black Blog: Fine day: Sapp fined 75k, Burgess dinged for 25k [edit] External links Warren Sapp Official Web Site. Warren Sapp at ESPN.com . Warren Sapp at the Notable Names Database. Awards and achievements Preceded by Reggie White NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1999 Succeeded by Ray Lewis [show]v • d • eLombardi Award winners 1970: J. Stillwagon | 1971: W. Patulski | 1972: R. Glover | 1973: J. Hicks | 1974: R. White | 1975: L. Selmon | 1976: W. Whitley | 1977: R. Browner | 1978: B. Clark | 1979: B. Budde | 1980: H. Green | 1981: K. Sims | 1982: D. Rimington | 1983: D. Steinkuhler | 1984: T. Degrate | 1985: T. Casillas | 1986: C. Bennett | 1987: C. Spielman | 1988: T. Rocker | 1989: P. Snow | 1990: C. Zorich | 1991: S. Emtman | 1992: M. Jones | 1993: A. Taylor | 1994: W. Sapp | 1995: O. Pace | 1996: O. Pace | 1997: G. Wistrom | 1998: D. Nguyen | 1999: C. Moore | 2000: J. Reynolds | 2001: J. Peppers | 2002: T. Suggs | 2003: T. Harris | 2004: D. Pollack | 2005: A. Hawk | 2006: L. Woodley | 2007: G. Dorsey | 2008: B. Orakpo [show]v • d • eBronko Nagurski Trophy winners 1993: R. Waldrop | 1994: W. Sapp | 1995: P. Fitzgerald | 1996: P. Fitzgerald | 1997: C. Woodson | 1998: C. Bailey | 1999: C. Moore | 2000: D. Morgan | 2001: R. Williams | 2002: T. Suggs | 2003: D. Strait | 2004: D. Johnson | 2005: E. Dumervil | 2006: J. Laurinaitis | 2007: G. Dorsey | 2008: B. Orakpo [show]v • d • e1995 NFL Draft First Round Selections Ki-Jana Carter · Tony Boselli · Steve McNair · Michael Westbrook · Kerry Collins · Kevin Carter · Mike Mamula · Joey Galloway · Kyle Brady · J. J. Stokes · Derrick Alexander · Warren Sapp · Mark Fields · Ruben Brown · Ellis Johnson · Hugh Douglas · Tyrone Wheatley · Napoleon Kaufman · James Stewart · Luther Elliss · Rashaan Salaam · Tyrone Poole · Ty Law · Korey Stringer · Billy Milner · Devin Bush · Mark Bruener · Derrick Brooks · Blake Brockermeyer · Craig Powell · Trezelle Jenkins · Craig Newsome Draft Years: 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 [show]v • d • eTampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft picks Selmon • Bell • D. Williams • Snell • Green • Farrell • Holmes • Jackson • R. Jones • Testaverde • Gruber • Thomas • McCants • McRae • Curry • Dilfer • Sapp • Brooks • Upshaw • M. Jones • Dunn • Anthony • McFarland • Walker • Clayton • C. Williams • Joseph • Adams • Talib [show]v • d • eTampa 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 | 47 John Lynch | 51 Al 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 [show]v • d • eNFL Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press 1971: Page • 1972: Greene • 1973: Anderson • 1974: Greene (x2) • 1975: Blount • 1976: Lambert • 1977: Martin • 1978: Gradishar • 1979: Selmon • 1980: Hayes • 1981: Taylor • 1982: Taylor (x2) • 1983: Betters • 1984: Easley • 1985: Singletary • 1986: Taylor (x3) • 1987: White • 1988: Singletary (x2) • 1989: Millard • 1990: Smith • 1991: Swilling • 1992: Kennedy • 1993: Woodson • 1994: D. Sanders • 1995: Paup • 1996: Smith (x2) • 1997: Stubblefield • 1998: White (x2) • 1999: Sapp • 2000: Lewis • 2001: Strahan • 2002: Brooks • 2003: Lewis (x2) • 2004: Reed • 2005: Urlacher • 2006: Taylor • 2007: B. Sanders • 2008: Harrison [show]v • d • eNational 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 [show]v • d • e2002 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 | PK David Akers | KR Steve Smith | ST Larry Whigham [show]v • d • eDancing with the Stars Seasons 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 Participants Complete List of Participants (Celebrities & Professionals) Current Hosts Tom Bergeron • Samantha Harris Former & Replacement Hosts Lisa Canning (Season 1) • Drew Lachey (Season 5 - temporary) Current & Replacement Judges Len Goodman • Carrie Ann Inaba • Bruno Tonioli • Michael Flatley (Season 7 - Week 6) Celebrity champions Kelly Monaco • Drew Lachey • Emmitt Smith • Apolo Anton Ohno • Hélio Castroneves • Kristi Yamaguchi • Brooke Burke Professional champions Alec Mazo • Cheryl Burke (Seasons 2 & 3) • Julianne Hough (Seasons 4 & 5) • Mark Ballas • Derek Hough Celebrity runners-up John O'Hurley • Jerry Rice • Mario Lopez • Joey Fatone • Mel B • Jason Taylor • Warren Sapp Professional runners-up Charlotte Jørgensen • Anna Trebunskaya • Karina Smirnoff • Kym Johnson (Seasons 4 & 7) • Maksim Chmerkovskiy • Edyta Śliwińska Ballroom & Latin Dances Cha-Cha-Cha • Foxtrot • Mambo (Season 3-present) • Quickstep • Tango • Jive • Paso Doble • Viennese Waltz (Seasons 5-present) • Waltz (Seasons 1-4, 8-present) • Samba • Rumba • Hustle (Season 7-present) • Salsa (Season 7-present) • West Coast Swing (Season 7-present) • Jitterbug (Season 7-present) • Argentine Tango (Season 8-present) • Lindy Hop (Season 8-present) • East Coast Swing (Season 8-present) • Freestyle Alternate Versions Dancing with the Stars (International) • Strictly Come Dancing (United Kingdom) Games Dancing with the Stars • We Dance! • Dancing with the Stars (card game) Spin-Offs Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann [show]v • d • eRun to the Playoffs Studio Rich Eisen • Steve Mariucci • Deion Sanders • Warren Sapp • Marshall Faulk • Adam Schefter Game Coverage Bob Papa Play-by-Play • Cris Collinsworth Color Commentary Former Bryant Gumbel • Dick Vermeil • Tom Hammond Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Sapp" Categories: 1972 births | Living people | American football defensive tackles | American football defensive ends | Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) participants | Miami Hurricanes football players | National Conference Pro Bowl players | Oakland Raiders players | Tampa Bay Buccaneers players