<P> 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 Florida Gators football teams from 1988 to 1991 . During his senior season in 1991, Culpepper was a standout defensive tackle and team captain on the Gators' Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship team, a first - team All - SEC selection and a consensus first - team All - American . He finished his college career with eighteen quarterback sacks and 47.5 tackles for a loss . He was also 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 . While Culpepper was a Florida undergraduate, he was also an active member of Sigma Chi Fraternity (Gamma Theta Chapter). </P> <P> 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 . After finishing his professional playing career, Culpepper returned to graduate school and law school full - time, and earned his master's degree and law degree from Florida in 2001 . He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2001 . The sports editors of The Gainesville Sun ranked him as the No. 47 all - time greatest player of the first 100 seasons of the Florida Gators football team in 2006 . </P> <P> Culpepper was a tenth round selection (264th overall pick) 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 . In his nine - year professional career, Culpepper played in 131 games, started 83 of them, and recorded 34 quarterback sacks and one safety . </P> <P> Culpepper is now a trial lawyer for the Culpepper Kurland law firm in Tampa, Florida . Since his retirement, he has spoken out about his concerns regarding the increasing size of NFL players; he believes that the increasing number of 300 - pound (140 kg) players is "unnatural and unsafe" and has led to many serious health problems . During his football career, Culpepper inflated his weight to 280 pounds (130 kg); after he retired from professional football, he lost almost 100 pounds (45 kg). </P>

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