The star power in Boulder got stronger this week.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Defensive Lineman Warren Sapp joined Colorado’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant, according to a video posted on YouTube by Well Off Media.
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According to Pat Graham of The Associated Press, Sapp will join Deion Sanders for Sanders’ second season with the Buffaloes.
Sapp played college football at Miami where he was a consensus All-American before becoming a first round NFL Draft pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Sapp will join Sanders and Colorado in time for the Buffaloes’ move to the Big 12 Conference.
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Sapp said he’s “been a Deion Sanders fan since I was 12 years old,” according to the AP.
Sapp completed a background check through Colorado, according to the AP. He took a plea deal in 2015 after he “pleaded no contest in Las Vegas justice Court to one misdemeanor domestic violence charge” after “a scuffle with his former girlfriend,” according to ESPN, and he also was arrested for “assaulting and soliciting a prostitute” which he pleaded guilty to both charges and he completed a diversion program which dropped the solicitation charge, according to the AP.
