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Colorado brings Hall of Famer Sapp in as grad assistant coach

Hall of Fame defensive lineman Warren Sapp is headed back to the classroom in order to be more of a hands-on coach for the Colorado Buffaloes.

Deion Sanders added the 51-year-old Sapp to the staff as a graduate assistant, which paves the way for him to work on the field with the team. Sapp, who's taking classes, introduced himself to the Buffaloes as the senior quality control analyst -- a mouth-full, he added -- but that role would limit his involvement on the field.

"We're building mansions here," Sapp said to the team when he was introduced by Sanders to the group in a video posted on YouTube.