 He attended Leon High School in Tallahassee, where he was a standout prep player for the Leon Lions high school football team.Culpepper was born into a family of University of Florida alumni.His 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.