Benny Sapp
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Sapp with the Miami Dolphins in 2011.
No. 27, 20, 22
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Boyd H. Anderson
(Lauderdale Lakes, Florida)
College:Northern Iowa
Undrafted:2004
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:240
Sacks:2.5
Forced fumbles:6
Pass deflections:36
Interceptions:6
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Benjamin Lee Sapp II (born January 20, 1981) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Northern Iowa.

Sapp also played for the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings.

Early years

Sapp attended Boyd Anderson High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was a student and a letterman in football, wrestling, volleyball, and track and field. In football, as a senior, he was a first-team All-Broward County selection and an All-State Honorable Mention selection. Benny Sapp graduated from Boyd Anderson High School in 2000.

College career

He appeared in 24 games (15 starts) with the Northern Iowa Panthers and 24 games (20 starts) with the Iowa Hawkeyes. He was removed from the Iowa Hawkeyes squad in 2002 due to charges of violence. He racked up 78 tackles, six interceptions, 29 passes deflected and four forced fumbles with the Panthers and 104 tackles and three interceptions in two seasons with the Hawkeyes.

Professional career

Kansas City Chiefs

Sapp was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played for them until 2007.

Minnesota Vikings (first stint)

Sapp signed with the Vikings in 2008. In 2008 he stepped in to the Vikings starting nickel rotation after Charles Gordon went down. In 2008, he had 22 tackles along with 2 interceptions. On March 3, 2009, the Vikings re-signed him to a one-year contract. And re-signed him again for a two-year contract on March 9, 2010.

Miami Dolphins

Sapp was traded from the Vikings on August 25, 2010 to the Miami Dolphins for Greg Camarillo. For the Dolphins Sapp recorded 2 interceptions and had 10 pass deflections in 17 games. On September 12, 2011, during a Monday Night Football game against rival New England Patriots, Sapp was stiff-armed by Patriots WR Wes Welker on a 99-yard touchdown pass. The Dolphins cut Sapp the next day.[1]

Minnesota Vikings (second stint)

After CB Antoine Winfield sustained a season-ending injury, Sapp was signed by the Vikings after a work out.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2004KAN 151161510.00100051000
2005KAN 163413562.53000052000
2006KAN 110171610.02000000000
2007KAN 142302460.0111501540100
2008MIN 144211830.0021301421000
2009MIN 167444040.01000062000
2010MIA 166413470.032909100100
2011MIA 115500.00000010000
MIN 73251870.02000030000
11027240205352.512637015366200

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2008MIN 116420.00000000000
2009MIN 224400.00000000000
3310820.00000000000

Personal life

Sapp's high school teammate Asante Samuel also has played in the NFL, most recently for the Atlanta Falcons. His son Benny Sapp III plays for the Green Bay Packers.

Sapp is the cousin of former twin cornerbacks, Brandon Dixon and Brian Dixon who also played in the National Football League.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Defensive casualty: Miami Dolphins cut Benny Sapp". Miami Herald. September 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Setbacks behind them, Dixons new weapons for Bearcats". newspressnow.com. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
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