Daunte Culpepper
Culpepper with the Vikings in 2002
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| No. 12, 11, 8 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 28, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Ocala, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Ocala (FL) Vanguard | ||||||||||||
| College: | Central Florida | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 149–106 |
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| Passing yards: | 24,153 |
| Passer rating: | 87.8 |
| Rushing yards: | 2,652 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 34 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Daunte Rachard Culpepper (born January 28, 1977) is a former American football quarterback. He last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League (UFL). Prior to joining the UFL, Culpepper enjoyed a successful National Football League (NFL) career after being drafted 11th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at the University of Central Florida.
A three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Vikings, Culpepper had a historic 2004 season in which he set a single-season record, since broken, for the most total yardage produced by a quarterback in NFL history (5,123). However, Culpepper suffered a serious knee injury the following season that ended his Vikings career. After that, he played sparingly in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, and Detroit Lions. Culpepper ranks 14th all-time in NFL career passer rating (87.8) and holds the seventh best single-season passer rating from his 2004 season (110.9).
Outside of football, Culpepper has worked with the African American Adoption Agency. He hosts an annual Daunte Culpepper AAAA Celebrity Golf Tournament fundraiser, and has also served as a keynote speaker at the United Way Reason To Be Thankful celebration.
Culpepper was born to a single mother, Barbara Henderson, who is the sister of former NFL linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson. While his mother was pregnant with him, she was serving time for armed robbery. Culpepper was adopted when he was a day old and raised as one of more than 15 children of the late Emma Lewis Culpepper, who worked in the correctional facility where his mother was held. They lived in Ocala, Florida, where Culpepper attended Vanguard High School. He played football, coached by Alex Castaneda, one of five finalists for the 2000 NFL High School Football Coach of the Year Award, as well as basketball and baseball. After his senior season in 1994, he was named Mr. Football in the state of Florida. In 2007, Culpepper was named to the FHSAA's All-Century Team that listed the top 33 football players in the state of Florida's 100-year history of high school football.
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