P L A Y E R B I O S
WHAT HE DID The son of former Tampa
Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Brad
Culpepper, Judge was a three-year
starter at one of the top high school
programs in the nation. He helped lead
Plant to a 34-6 record during the span,
which included a birth in the Florida 7A
state championship game in 2016. Dur-
ing his senior season, he totaled 84
tackles, 13 tackles for loss and eight
sacks.
WHAT HE WON Culpepper earned All-
Conference and All-County honors his
junior and senior seasons. He was also
an All-State selection his junior and
senior seasons, earning second-team
notice from The Associated Press in
2017. Culpepper is a four-star prospect
according to Rivals.com, coming in at
No. 62 in Florida and No. 24 overall at
strong-side defensive end. However,
he's expected to play defensive tackle for
the Lions.
WHERE HE VISITED A=er earning more
than 30 scholarship o;ers, Culpepper
narrowed his list down to Penn State,
Florida, Georgia, LSU, Nebraska and
Syracuse. Many believed that his fa-
ther's alma mater, Florida, was the team
to beat throughout his recruitment, but
that began to change in January 2017
when he earned an o;er from Penn
State. He built a strong relationship
with James Franklin and Sean Spencer
in the months that followed, which led
to an uno
