{{Short description|American football player (born 1981)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{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 = * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2003|2004}}) * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2004|2005}}) * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|2006|2007}}) | highlights = | statweek = | statseason = | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 111 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 2.0 | statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = SappGe20 }}
'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 sixth round with the 182nd overall pick in the 2003 NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens and would later play for the Indianapolis Colts before going back to Baltimore.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Through his career, Sapp had 111 tackles.
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==External links== *{{cite web |title=Gerome Sapp Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SappGe20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} {{Ravens2003DraftPicks}}
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