Steve LeRoi Papin (born February 28, 1972) is a former American football offensive specialist who played seven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the San Jose SaberCats and New York Dragons. He first enrolled at West Valley College before transferring to Portland State University.[1] He attended Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose, California.[2] Papin was also a member of the Scottish Claymores and San Diego Riptide.
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| Position: | Offensive specialist | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | February 28, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | San Jose (CA) Piedmont Hills | ||||||||||||
| College: | Portland State | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1996 | ||||||||||||
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College career
editPapin played for the Portland State Vikings, finishing third in voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy his senior year in 1995 after recording 2,397 all-purpose yards.[3]
Professional career
editPapin played for the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football in 1997.[3] He played for the AFL's San Jose SaberCats from 1997 to 2001, earning Second Team All-Arena and Don't Blink! Player of the Year honors twice each.[4] He was released by the SaberCats on December 19, 2001. Papin signed with the New York Dragons of the AFL on January 10, 2002. He was released by the Dragons on March 4, 2003. He finished his AFL career with 15,413 all-purpose yards for 152 touchdowns and an average of 14.7 yards per touch.[3] Papin also averaged 200.4 all-purpose yards per game.[5] He was a finalist for the Arena Football Hall of Fame in 2013 and 2014.[6][7] He played in five games for the San Diego Riptide of the af2 in 2003 before suffering a knee injury.
Coaching career
editPapin was defensive coordinator for the San Diego Riptide in 2005. He served as defensive coordinator of the Central Valley Coyotes of the af2 in 2006. He was offensive coordinator of the af2's Everett Hawks in 2007. Papin served as offensive coordinator of the Tri-Cities Fever of the af2 in 2008.[8] He was offensive coordinator for San Jose Wolves of the American Indoor Football Association in 2010.[9] He was wide receivers coach of the San Jose SaberCats in 2011.
Papin served as head coach of the Gunderson High School Grizzlies of San Jose, California from 2011 to 2013.[10] He stepped down as the Grizzlies coach in April 2014.[11] He became head coach of the Independence High School 76ers in 2014.[12] He left Independence to take the job at Menlo-Atherton High School for the 2019 season, but his contract was not renewed and he returned to Independence in 2020. Following the 2020 season, which had been postponed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Papin became the new head coach at Santa Teresa High School.
Broadcasting career
editIn 2015, Papin was hired by CBS Sports Network as a sideline analyst for its coverage of the AFL.[13]
References
edit- ^ "FOOTBALL". westvalley.edu. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Murphy, John (May 15, 2014). "MURPH'S PLACE: All systems go for Papin at new post, Independence". prep2prep.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Pickard, BJ. "Don't Blink: The Legacy of". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Steve Papin". arenafootball.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Papin Leads Trio of SaberCats Named as HOF Finalists". thesanjosesabercats.com. June 24, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "AFL Announces 2013 Arena Football Hall of Fame Finalists". arenafootball.com. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "BTW: Steve Papin". arenafootball.com. August 5, 2014. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Hahn, John (April 10, 2008). "AFL Founder Continues to Innovate". mercurynews.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "San Jose Wolves Hire Arena Football legend Steve Papin as Offensive Coordinator". oursportscentral.com. December 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gunderson High School Football Teams". maxpreps.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sabedra, Darren (April 11, 2014). "Football: Ex-SaberCats star Steve Papin discusses decision to step down as Gunderson coach". mercurynews.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sabedra, Darren. "Notebook: Steve Papin, former SaberCats star, is Independence's new football coach". mercurynews.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "CBS Sports Network Commentator Team Announced for 2015 AFL Season". Arena Football League. March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.