New York Giants Draft Prospect Profile: iDL Tyreak Sapp, Florida

Tyreak Sapp, DL

Height: 6’2”
Weight: 271 lbs
Arm Length: 32”
Hand Size: 9 ⅝”
Class: RS-Senior
School: Florida
STATS

A former four-star recruit out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was the 23rd player from his state and the 26th defensive linemen during the 2021 recruiting cycle.

Sapp played 1,426 defensive snaps through four seasons in Gainesville. He recorded 72 pressures and 72 STOPs in college, and had one of the highest Defensive Pro Football Focus grades in 2024; Sapp had 26 pressures and 29 STOPs in 2024. He has missed 15 tackles in college (11.5%missed tackle rate).

Nov 16, 2024; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators edge Tyreak Sapp (94) celebrates after he tackled LSU Tigers running back Caden Durham (29) during the second half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. | Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images

Strengths

Dense frame with good thickness
Solid first-step burst and good change of direction
Laterally quick when working down the line of scrimmage
Excellent eyes to see the run scheme – reacts well!
Flashed dip/bend at half-man
Good strength to set the edge
Excellent overall run defender – physical
Does well to flow with blocks against zone rushes
Excellent reactive quickness
Sets with a wide base and tight elbows – flashes eyes to assignment
Very good play strength
Solid power rush moves – stays low with solid long-arm/BR
Good push-pull move to separate as a pass rusher
Versatile: can align from 3-T on passing downs through the EDGE

Weaknesses

Short with short arms
First step is solid, but overall explosiveness is lacking for EDGE
Size/length could pose a problem
Played in a rotation: never exceeded 416 snaps in a season
Miami’s Francis Mauigoa handled him
Took a step back in 2025

Summary

Tyreak Sapp is an undersized EDGE rusher who is a fundamentally sound run defender with good overall play strength, anchor, and solid deployment of hands.

He processes rushing schemes quickly and reacts accordingly, while keeping gap integrity or finding pathways to the ball-carrier (depending on the situation). He’s reliable on the edge vs. the run.

Some NFL teams are transitioning to have bigger, more physical, EDGE rushers to execute their run assignments effectively.

Sapp fits this archetype of player: a power EDGE who lacks the ideal high-side winning traits to threaten the integrity at the top of the pocket. Sapp has flashed some dip, but it’s not consistent and his level of explosiveness doesn’t consistently threaten tackles up the arc.

Overall, Sapp is underdeveloped as a pass rusher, with some quality power rush moves, but he’ll provide more value to a roster for his ability to set the edge and be a menace to tight ends against zone and DUO schemes. He will be a good rotational player for a team in year one.

GRADE: 6.18

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