20 Facts About Brad Culpepper

John Broward "Brad" Culpepper was born on May 8,1969 and is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League from 1992 to 2000.

Brad Culpepper is known for appearing on two seasons of the American reality television show Survivor, appearing on Survivor: Blood vs Water and Survivor: Game Changers.

Brad Culpepper attended Leon High School in Tallahassee, where he was a standout prep player for the Leon Lions high school football team.

Brad Culpepper was born into a family of University of Florida alumni.

Brad Culpepper's father, Bruce Culpepper, was a center for the Gators football team from 1960 to 1962 and co-captain of their 1962 Gator Bowl team, and became a prominent Tallahassee attorney.

Brad Culpepper's uncle, Blair Culpepper, was a Gators fullback in 1957 and 1958, and became a bank president in Winter Park, Florida.

Brad Culpepper's grandfather, J Broward Culpepper, was a Florida graduate and served as the chancellor of the State University System of Florida.

Brad Culpepper accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Gators teams from 1988 to 1991.

Brad Culpepper finished his college career with eighteen quarterback sacks and 47.5 tackles for a loss.

Brad Culpepper was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll all four years, was a first-team Academic All-American, and received the Draddy Trophy recognizing him as college football's most outstanding student-athlete.

Brad Culpepper graduated from Florida with his bachelor's degree in history after his junior year, and enrolled in a master's degree program in exercise and sports sciences during his senior football season.

Brad Culpepper was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2001.

Brad Culpepper was a tenth round selection in the 1992 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings, and he played for the Vikings from 1992 to 1993, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1994 to 1999, and the Chicago Bears in 2000.

Brad Culpepper is a trial lawyer for the Brad Culpepper Kurland law firm in Tampa, Florida.

Monica and Brad Culpepper participated together in the show's 27th season, Survivor: Blood vs Water.

Brad Culpepper was the sixth person eliminated from the game and came in 15th place while Monica was the season's runner-up.

On May 6,2015, it was revealed that Brad Culpepper was one of 16 former male players eligible to be voted onto Survivor's 31st season, Survivor: Cambodia.

On February 8,2017, Brad Culpepper was revealed to be one of the contestants competing in Survivor: Game Changers, the show's 34th season, which began airing in March 2017.

In 1990, Brad Culpepper met Monica Frakes when he was a sophomore at the University of Florida.

The couple married weeks after Brad Culpepper was drafted into the NFL in 1992.