Buccaneers' Legendary DT Warren Sapp in Hot Water Again

Warren Sapp is one of the greatest Tampa Bay Buccaneers ever, and that’s not up for debate.

Away from the football field, well, it’s a little more complicated. Understand that this is true for any human being.

In sports, we’re able to tell if a person was good or bad at their job by looking at the stats.

But there’s no page that can 100% determine if a person was “good” or “bad” away from the field.

Those who don’t care for Sapp as a person might have gotten some ammunition over the weekend, when a video surfaced of Sapp kicking a Florida State fan.

This incident took place before the Florida State-Miami game. Sapp, of course, played at the University of Miami before starting his 13-year Hall of Fame career, nine of which were spent with the Bucs.

The video of the incident showed Sapp holding an umbrella.

A Florida State fan was playfully talking trash to Sapp, and eventually poked his head under the umbrella without Sapp offering shelter.

The video picks up Sapp saying “Don’t do that,” and shows Sapp poking the umbrella at the man before eventually kicking him.

Sapp’s critics will call this assault.

Defenders of Sapp will say that the fan knew what he was doing by provoking a legend of the rival school, and thus got what was coming to him.

In any case, moments like these get a reaction.

Sapp has been in hot water before. Earlier this year, he was charged with obstructing staff at Hollywood City Hall after a cell phone video showed him harassing its police and employees.

On the other hand, Sapp announced in 2017 that he would donate his brain when he dies to help the CTE research effort.

He’s also been involved with charitable efforts focused on causes such as health research, children and first responders.

Recently, Sapp dabbled in coaching.

He spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons on fellow Hall of Famer Deion Sanders’ staff at Colorado, where he was a senior quality-control analyst and graduate assistant in 2024 before being promoted to defensive pass-rush coordinator for the 2025 season.

But Sapp will always be known first for what he did while wearing No. 99. In nine seasons with the Bucs, he was an All-Pro six times, with four of them being on the first team.

After the 2003 season, Sapp signed with the Oakland Raiders, where he played the last four seasons of his career.  He would end up retiring in January 2008.

He went into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 2013.