Brad Culpepper
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 8, 1969 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Tallahassee (FL) Leon | ||||||||||||
| College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1992 / Round: 10 / Pick: 264 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 131 |
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| Games started: | 83 |
| Tackles: | 316 |
| Quarterback sacks: | 34.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 6 |
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John Broward "Brad" Culpepper (born May 8, 1969) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s. Culpepper played college football for the University of Florida, and was recognized as an All-American. Selected late in the tenth round of the 1992 NFL Draft, he became a consistent starter for the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears of the NFL.
Culpepper is also known for appearing on two seasons of the U.S. reality television show Survivor.
Culpepper was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1969. He attended Leon High School in Tallahassee, where he was a standout prep player for the Leon Lions high school football team.
Culpepper was born into a family of University of Florida alumni. His father, Bruce Culpepper, was a center for the Florida Gators football team from 1960 to 1962 and co-captain of the Gators' 1962 Gator Bowl team, and became a prominent Tallahassee attorney. His uncle, Blair Culpepper, was a Gators fullback in 1957 and 1958, and became a bank president in Winter Park, Florida. His grandfather, J. Broward Culpepper, was also a Florida graduate and served as the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
In 1990, Culpepper met Monica Frakes when he was a sophomore at the University of Florida. The couple married weeks after Culpepper was drafted into the NFL in 1992. The couple have three children together. Their oldest son, Rex, is a quarterback at Syracuse.
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