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{{Short description|American sprinter and football player (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = James Trapp
| number      = 37, 38, 33
| position    = [[Cornerback]] <br> [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1969|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Greenville, South Carolina]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 190
| high_school = [[Lawton High School|Lawton]] ([[Lawton, Oklahoma]])
| college     = [[Clemson Tigers football|Clemson]]
| draftyear   = 1993
| draftround  = 3
| draftpick   = 72
| pastteams   =
* [[Oakland Raiders|Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1993|1998}})
* [[Baltimore Ravens]] ({{NFL Year|1999|2002}})
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{NFL Year|2003}})
| highlights  =
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXV|XXXV]])
| statlabel1  = [[Tackle (football move)|Tackle]]s
| statvalue1  = 349
| statlabel2  = [[Quarterback sack|Sack]]s
| statvalue2  = 6.0
| statlabel3  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue3  = 9
| pfr         = TrapJa20
}}

'''James Trapp''' (born December 28, 1969) is an American former sprinter and professional [[American football|football]] player who is a co-owner and Facility Coordinator for D1 Sports Training in [[Greenville, SC]]. He was selected by the [[Los Angeles Raiders]] in the third round of the [[1993 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1993 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1993/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Trapp earned a [[Super Bowl]] ring while playing for the [[Baltimore Ravens]] in the 2000 season.

==Track and field==
Trapp was a World-Class sprinter. At the 1991 World University Games he won a gold medal in the [[4 × 100 meter relay]]. He finished third behind fellow American [[Jon Drummond]] in the 200 metres event at the British [[1991 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

He was a 1992 U.S. Olympic Team alternate in the 4 × 100 meter relay. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Trapp won the gold medal in the 200 meter dash, with a time of 20.60 seconds.

His personal bests are 10.03 seconds in the [[100 meters]] and 20.17 seconds in the [[200 meters]], but also competed in the [[55 meters]], posting a personal best of 6.16 seconds.

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[55 meters]]
|6.16
|Reno, Nevada
|February 22, 1992
|-
|[[100 meters]]
|10.03
|Austin, Texas
|May 9, 1992
|-
|[[200 meters]]
|20.17
|New Orleans, Louisiana
|April 28, 1992
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120501130204/http://www.clemsontigers.com/sports/m-track/mtt/trapp_james00.html Clemson Tigers bio]

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[[Category:American football cornerbacks]]
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[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
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