Gerome Sapp

{{Short description|American football player (born 1981)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Gerome_Sapp.jpg

|caption=Sapp in 2012

| number = 27, 38, 42

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|2|8}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 216

| high_school = Lamar (Houston, Texas)

| college = Notre Dame

| draftyear = 2003

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 182

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statweek =

| statseason =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 111

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 2.0

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = SappGe20

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Gerome Daren Sapp (born February 8, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Early life

Sapp attended Lamar High School where he was an All-American and was in the USA Today for the 100 top football players in his class.{{cite web |title=1999 University of Notre Dame Football Letter-of-Intent Signees |website=fightingirish.com |url=https://fightingirish.com/notre-dame-welcomes-21-football-signees/ |date=February 3, 1999 |access-date=January 12, 2025}} He participated in the Texas vs. California High School Football All-Star game.

College career

Sapp attended the University of Notre Dame, and finished his college football career with 155 tackles, 3 fumble recoveries and 5 INTs, adding 9 passes defended and 1 forced fumble.

Professional career

Sapp was selected in the 2003 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens and would later play for the Indianapolis Colts before going back to Baltimore.{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Through his career, Sapp had 111 tackles.

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