Rex Culpepper, former Syracuse quarterback, dead in dirt bike accident
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Former Syracuse Orange quarterback Rex Culpepper has died from injuries he suffered in a dirt bike accident last weekend in Georgia. He was 28 years old.
“Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28,” the Syracuse football program said in a statement to X. he said. “Rex lived his life with endless passion, beating cancer at the age of 20 while playing for Orange.
“Playing in 30 games, Rex played football as hard as his life. Our hearts go out to the Culpepper family and everyone who loved him.”
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Syracuse Orange’s Rex Culpepper plays against the Holy Cross Crusaders at the Carrier Dome on September 28, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse defeated Holy Cross 41-3. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
Culpepper’s fiancée, Savanna Morgan, confirmed his death with an emotional, heartbreaking Instagram post that included photos and videos of them together.
Culpepper had proposed to Morgan less than a month earlier.
Morgan began the caption of her post: “No one expects to meet the love of their life and lose them just 6 years after meeting them.” “Rex didn’t always believe in soulmates, but towards the end he told me that he didn’t understand what it felt like to have a soulmate until we felt like an extension of each other.
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“And the thing about us is that we lived every day like it was our last. We did every little thing we set our minds to, like learning new skills and hobbies, traveling to new places, we never had any free time with us and never a moment spent apart. I don’t regret a single day in our 6 years.”
Rex Culpepper of the Syracuse Orange warms up before their game against the Holy Cross Crusaders at the Carrier Dome on September 28, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
“You made six years feel like a lifetime, Rexy.”
Culpepper played as the Orange’s backup point guard during his time with the program from 2017 to 2020. He eventually entered games as a tight end, too.
During his treatment, Culpepper became a household name for the Orange football team by participating in the 2018 spring game, scoring a touchdown on the final drive to a roaring crowd and sideline applauded by his teammates and coaches for his efforts.
He saw time in 30 career games, 16 of which were at quarterback, and threw for 1,546 total yards with 11 touchdowns.
As Syracuse noted in his post, Culpepper battled cancer on the show after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in March 2018. He underwent extensive chemotherapy to treat his disease and was declared cancer-free in June of that year.
Syracuse Orange quarterback Rex Culpepper talks to teammates on the sideline during a college football game between the Syracuse Orange and Pittsburgh Panthers at Heinz Field on September 19, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire)
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Culpepper is the son of former Tampa Bay Buccanners linebacker Brad Culpepper, who also played for the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears during his NFL career.
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