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37 Cecil Sapp - Biography
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 236
COLLEGE: Colorado State
NFL EXP: 6th season
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | GS | rush | yds | avg | lg | td | rec | yds | avg | td |
| 2005 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2006 | DEN | 11 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2007 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 2008 | HOU | 12 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 0 | 35 | 157 | 4.5 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 102 | 4.3 | 1 | |
PRO: Versatile veteran who has seen action at both the fullback and running back positions while serving as a key special-teams contributor during his first five seasons…has played in 49 games with nine starts in six NFL seasons… career totals include 49 carries for 223 yards and two touchdowns and 24 receptions for 102 yards and a score…is coming off the best season of his career in which he scored the first three touchdowns of his career (two rushing and one receiving) and started a career-high eight games for Denver…also posting personal bests in rushing attempts (18) and receptions (14) last year.
2008 (Houston (12/0): Played on special teams vs. Indianapolis (10/5), vs. Miami (10/12), vs. Detroit (10/19), vs. Cincinnati (10/26), at Minnesota (11/2) and vs. Baltimore (11/9)...played on special teams at Indianapolis (11/16)...inactive at Cleveland (11/23)...played on special teams vs. Jacksonville (12/1)...played at running back and on special teams at Green Bay (12/7)...recorded his first carry of the season, a -3-yard rush...played at running back and on special teams vs. Tennessee (12/14)...rushed one time for zero yards...returned his first kickoff of the season in the third quarter when he fielded a pooch kick and returned it seven yards at Oakland (12/21)...it was Sapp's 10th career kickoff return...played on special teams vs. Chicago (12/28) where he recorded two tackles.
2007 (Denver 16/8): Played in all 16 games with eight starts for Denver…rushed 18 times for 59 yards with two scores and caught 14 passes for 51 yards with one touchdown...three touchdowns were the first of his career...added six special-teams tackles and two kickoff returns for 30 yards...scored his first career touchdown on a four-yard run vs. Oakland (9/16) and had a career-long 16-yard reception among two grabs for a personal-best 18 yards...scored the first receiving touchdown of his career with a one-yard catch vs. Pittsburgh (10/21)...registered career highs in rushes (seven) and rushing yards (28) while posting one rushing touchdown at Chicago (11/25)...recorded both of his kickoff returns for the year along with a career-high three catches for four yards at Oakland (12/2).
2006 (Denver 11/1): Posted 80 yards on 10 carries and eight catches for 34 yards and recorded six special-teams tackles...recorded his first rushing attempts of the season on Monday Night Football vs. Baltimore (10/9) with three rushes for 10 yards...made first career start at Cleveland (10/22) and finished the game with a recovered muffed punt and one special-teams stop...gained a career-high 39 rushing yards and posted the longest run of his career with a 28-yard scamper vs. Indianapolis (10/29)...contributed two kickoff returns for 56 yards, including a career-best 53-yarder vs. San Diego (11/19)...gained 24 yards on two carries and caught a one-yard pass vs. Seattle (12/3)... placed on injured reserve (12/4).
2005 (Denver 16/0): Played all 16 regular-season games and tied for sixth on the team with seven special-teams tackles, including six solos, while adding two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble on coverage units...finished the year with five rushes for 21 yards and two receptions for 17 yards... recorded first career reception, a 12-yard gain, vs. Kansas City (9/26) on Monday Night Football...carried five times for 21 yards, including a 10-yard run, vs. New York Jets (11/20)…recovered a fumbled kickoff vs. Oakland (12/24)…tied for the team lead with two special-teams stops and recovered a fumbled kickoff return to set up a field goal in AFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. New England (1/14/06)...returned a kickoff 11 yards in the AFC Championship Game vs. Pittsburgh (1/22/06).
2004 (Denver 5/0): Played five games and totaled four rushes for 32 yards…four rushing attempts all occurred in regular-season finale vs. Indianapolis (1/2/05)...totaled 86 yards on four kickoff returns in AFC Wild Card Game at Indianapolis. (1/9/05)... Spent the first seven games of the year on the practice squad before being signed to the active roster (10/27).
2003 (Denver 1/0): Spent most of his rookie year on the practice squad...signed to the active roster (12/26)…made his NFL debut at Green Bay (12/28) and rushed 12 times for 31 yards…inactive for AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Indianapolis (1/4/04).
COLLEGE: Rushed for 2,482 yards on 504 carries with 28 touchdowns in 28 games at Colorado State...left the school ranked seventh on the Rams' all-time rushing list...made a successful return to the field as a senior in 2002 after missing the previous season due to surgery that removed a benign tumor from his right heel...became only the 15th player in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season during his senior campaign...scored at least two touchdowns in nine games for his career, including six two-touchdown outings as a senior.
TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Denver Broncos as a college free agent on May 8, 2003…waived by Broncos on August 31, 2003…signed by Broncos to practice squad on September 2, 2003…signed by Broncos to active roster on December 26, 2003…waived by Broncos on September 5, 2004…signed by Broncos to practice squad on September 7, 2004…signed by Broncos to active roster on October 27, 2004…placed on injured reserve on December 4, 2006…re-signed by Broncos on April 11, 2007…re-signed by Broncos on March 20, 2008…released by Broncos on September 4, 2008…signed by Houston Texans on September 30, 2008.
Attended Palmetto High School in Miami, where he earned first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-state accolades in football during his senior year...born Cecil Sapp in Miami, Florida.
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