Sapp with the Miami Dolphins in 2011.
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | January 20, 1981 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | ||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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College: | Northern Iowa | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||||||
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Tackles: | 240 |
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Sacks: | 2.5 |
Interceptions: | 6 |
Forced fumbles: | 4 |
Pass deflections: | 35 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
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.
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.
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.
Sapp boldly speaks of his business degree with great pride.
Sapp was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played for them until 2007.