Lauvale Sape

Lauvale Sape ( ; born August 29, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft. He played college football for the Utah Utes.

Sape was also a member of the Berlin Thunder, Oakland Raiders, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans VooDoo, Colorado Crush, Las Vegas Locomotives and Utah Blaze.

Early life Sape was born in American Samoa. He played in all 12 games during the 2001 season, totaling 25 tackles and five sacks, garnering second-team All-Mountain West recognition. He majored in sociology at Utah. He officially signed with the team on June 11, 2003. He played in one game for the Bills in 2003. Sape was waived on September 5, 2004, but signed to the practice squad on September 7, 2004. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Bills on January 8, 2005. He played in nine games during the 2005 season, recording seven solo tackles, one assisted tackle and one fumble recovery. Sape was placed on injured reserve on December 16, 2005. He was waived/injured by the Bills on September 2, 2006, and reverted to injured reserve the next day. He was waived on September 4, 2006.

Berlin Thunder Sape was selected by the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa in the second round of the 2007 NFL Europa Free Agent Draft. He appeared in seven games for the Thunder during the 2007 NFL Europa season, accumulating 16 tackles, 0.5 sacks and two pass breakups. He was waived by the Titans on September 3, 2007. He recorded seven solo tackles, one assisted tackle, one sack and one fumble recovery for the VooDoo in 2008. Sape was waived on April 14, 2008. He totaled three solo tackles, one assisted tackle, one sack, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup for the Crush during the 2008 season. He appeared in five games, starting one, in 2009, recording seven tackles. Sape was protected by the Locomotives for the 2010 season. After playing for the Utah Blaze during the UFL offseason, Sape returned to the Locomotives for the 2010 UFL season. He played in seven games, starting four, for the Locomotives in 2010, totaling 13 tackles. He appeared in four games in 2011, recording two tackles and one sack.

Utah Blaze Sape was assigned to the Utah Blaze of the AFL on April 6, 2010. He accumulated eight solo tackles, nine assisted tackles and one sack for the Blaze in 2010.

After playing two seasons for the Locomoties of the UFL, Sape was assigned to the Blaze again on May 24, 2012. He was placed on the suspended list on June 19 and activated on July 2, 2012.