It’s that time of the year again! The Von Miller Sack Summit is here. Players eagerly await the event all year long for its unparalleled learning opportunities. The experience will be exceptional this year as Colorado Buffaloes’ graduate assistant and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Warren Sapp, is here to impart critical knowledge.

His 13-year NFL legacy adds value to the Sack Summit, featuring top passer Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders. Sapp’s presence ensures no schoolboy errors.

Sapp’s NFL legacy is helping guide the next generation

The Sack Summit is the brainchild of some of the stalwarts of the passing game: former Denver Broncos and current Buffalo Bills pass rusher Von Miller and Cam Jordan, the pass rusher from the New Orleans Saints. Right from the beginning, Crosby leaped to action. Setting the tone from the get-go, the pass rusher addressed the players, “You have to be faster than you…I want you to track him…I want you to be two steps away from here.” However, a name that stood out in this year’s Sack Summit was Sapp. Who better than the NFL veteran to provide the right guidance for players with the SEC spin-off on the horizon?

In his 13-year stint in the NFL, Sapp totaled 96.5% sacks. His record was the second-highest by an interior lineman in NFL history. 1999 came with another prestigious accolade for him: Sapp was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year after posting 12.5 sacks and four forced fumbles. The NFL legend, named All-Pro four times, was spotted at the summit addressing the players, “If you like power…if you got the spin move..I am gonna use that momentum to take me to the spot.” While players are lucky to be under Sapp’s tutelage, they must be vigilant to pass his watchful eyes. 

Sapp’s no-nonsense approach at Colorado

It has been only months since Sapp joined the Buffs, but his strict behavior has spawned terror. He now lives by the mantra, “Let’s go and win the championship,” and wants to inject this sentiment within the Buffs. 

On June 26, Sapp shared how he was upset by the Buffs’ silly errors during the summer practice camp. The D-line players made errors by jumping offside, leaving Sapp to lose his mind. Even though he got frustrated and rebuked the players, he later had one-on-one sessions with them.  “And then I caught them in the weight room and I said, ‘If you don’t want me here, do what you did today ’cause you got me really questioning whether I am even, you know, getting through to you,’” revealed the concerned coach. 

Sapp seems to follow the same path as Coach Prime, who was upset by a CU professor’s complaints against the Buffs. The CU graduate assistant in Colorado follows the mantra of “raising men here and not boys!”