Charles Tapper
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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| Position: | Defensive end |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 7, 1993 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Baltimore (MD) City College |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Orville Tapper, Jr. (born May 7, 1993) is an American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.
Early years
Tapper attended Baltimore City College, where he focused on basketball, before starting to play football as a junior, only after his mother asked him to join the team or get a job.[1] He was a two-way player as a senior, finishing with 100 tackles and 5 sacks on defense, while also tallying 10 receptions for 200 yards and 5 touchdowns at tight end.
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Oklahoma. As a sophomore, he became a starter at defensive end in a 3-4 defense, making 49 tackles (9 for loss), 5.5 sacks and one pass defensed.
The next year he registered 37 tackles (8 for loss), 3 sacks, 2 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. As a senior, he posted 50 tackles (10 for loss), 7 sacks, 3 passes defensed, 4 forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
271 lb (123 kg) |
4.59 s | 34 in (0.86 m) |
9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) |
23 reps | |||||||
| All values from NFL Combine,[2] | ||||||||||||
Tapper was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (101st overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft, to play defensive end in a 4-3 defense.[3] In training camp he was diagnosed with a pre-existing back condition (pars defect) that had gone unnoticed since birth, which forced him to miss considerable time, including all of the preseason games and the first three weeks of the regular season. He was placed on the injured reserve list on September 28, 2016.[4]
References
- ^ "Charles Tapper made football his fast track". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ "Charles Tapper". NFL.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ "Cowboys finally address defensive end with Charles Tapper". Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ^ Eatman, Nick. "Cowboys Place Rookie DE on Injured Reserve; Make Room To Sign OT Cleary". DallasCowboys.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.