Shark Bites Football Star During Lobster Hunt Frenzy

Linebacker Warren Sapp was among this year's participants in the controversial, two-day "mini-season" for spiny lobster.

During a mad rush to harvest spiny lobsters in the Florida Keys this week, an NFL legend was bitten by a shark. Another recreational fisher died. The annual two-day season has a reputation for chaos and injuries, with tens of thousands taking part.

Former NFL hall of fame player Warren Sapp, who had played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, received a minor injury to his arm Wednesday while hunting for lobster in the Keys. According to local media, Sapp was bitten by a small shark—thought to be a nurse shark—that was apparently going for the same lobster he was. The shark was roughly four feet long, Sapp estimated.

The former pro athlete may need stitches but the injury wasn't

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