Lauvale Sape

**Lauvale Sape**
Personal information
No. 97 Las Vegas Locomotives
Defensive tackle
Date of birth: August 29, 1980 (1980-08-29) (age 31)
Place of birth: American Samoa
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Weight: 296 lb (134 kg)
Career information
College: Utah
NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 6 / Pick: 187
Debuted in 2003 for the Buffalo Bills



Career history
Buffalo Bills (2003–2006) Berlin Thunder (2007) Oakland Raiders (2007)* Tennessee Titans (2007)* New Orleans VooDoo (2008) Colorado Crush (2008) Las Vegas Locomotives (2009–present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-MWC (2001–2002) 2× UFL champion (2009, 2010)
Career NFL statistics as of 2008
Tackles	8
Sacks	0
Forced fumbles	0
Stats at NFL.com
Career UFL statistics as of 2009
Tackles	4.5
Sacks	0.0
Forced fumbles	0
Stats at ArenaFan.com
Stats at UFL-Football.com

Lauvale Sape [la-VAH-lay sah-PAY] (born August 29, 1980 in American Samoa) is an American football defensive tackle for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah.

Sape has also been a member of the Berlin Thunder, Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans VooDoo, and Colorado Crush.

1 Early years
2 Professional career
3 References
4 External links

Early years

Sape attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii and was a student and a football letterman, he graduated in 1998. In football, he was a first team All-State selection.

Professional career

Buffalo Bills

Sape's only moment with the Buffalo Bills came during a pre-season game when he blocked a punt. He was later cut by the team at final cuts

Berlin Thunder

Sape was drafted by the Berlin Thunder in the second round of the 2007 NFL Europa Free Agent Draft.^[1]

Las Vegas Locomotives

Sape was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League on August 31, 2009.^[2]

References

^ "2007 NFL Europa Free Agent Draft". 2007-02-23. Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070328033801/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10017350.
^ "United Football League Signs 18 Players to Las Vegas Roster". UFL-Football.com. 2009-08-31. http://www.ufl-football.com/press/2009/08/31/united_football_league_signs_18_players_to_las_vegas_roster.

External links

Buffalo Bills 2003 NFL Draft selections

Willis McGahee Chris Kelsay Angelo Crowell Terrence McGee Sam Aiken Ben Sobieski Lauvale Sape Mario Haggan

Las Vegas Locomotives 2009 UFL Champions

Las Vegas Locomotives 2010 UFL Champions

Las Vegas Locomotives current roster

Active roster	1 DeDe Dorsey \| 2 Chase Clement \| 3 Clint Stitser \| 5 Zac Lee \| 8 Danny Baugher \| 10 Saalim Hakim \| 12 Brian Brohm \| 18 Eddie Drummond \| 21 Nick Turnbull \| 22 Hakim Hill \| 24 Wale Dada \| 26 Marcel Shipp \| 27 Marquis Floyd \| 28 Ron Girault \| 29 Trae Williams \| 33 Trey Young \| 35 Bobby Rome \| 38 Antonio Smith \| 43 Lewis Baker \| 50 Eric Henderson \| 52 Simoni Lawrence \| 53 Michael Montgomery \| 54 Kris Griffin \| 55 Marcus Riley \| 56 Brandon Moore \| 57 Teddy Lehman \| 58 Danny Lansanah \| 60 Rigo Morales \| 65 Tony Ugoh \| 71 Mark Wilson \| 73 Joel Bell \| 75 Tim Duckworth \| 76 Branndon Braxton \| 77 Brandon Torrey \| 78 Keith Gray \| 79 Jesse Boone \| 80 Cameron Colvin \| 81 Andrae Thurman \| 84 Dezmond Sherrod \| 85 Samie Parker \| 87 Adam Bergen \| 89 Jamie Petrowski \| 91 Ryan Boschetti \| 92 Josh Cooper \| 94 Copeland Bryan \| 95 Marcus Smith \| 97 Lauvale Sape \| 98 Alfred Malone \| 99 Montavious Stanley \| -- Coye Francies \| -- Herb Taylor

Reserve lists	20 Brandon Sumrall (IR) \| 34 Jamal Lewis (IR)

Persondata
Name	Sape, Lauvale
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 29, 1980
Place of birth	American Samoa
Date of death
Place of death