#95

Judge Culpepper

Senior defensive tackle for Toledo. 2023: 9 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DT · Toledo · Sr. · #95

6′4″ · 293 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 96 · #2 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamToledo 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 402 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Toledo. 2023: 9 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2018.
Transferred from Penn State to Toledo in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Toledo, 132 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Plant

202111 games

Entered the portal

202313 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#402 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

96All-America level #2 of 302?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#20 / 2842 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#102 / 2842 · 96th pct

10.5

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Tackles#903 / 2842 · 68th pct

Solo tackles#1416 / 2842 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	1.0	0.9	0.0
Road7g	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.9	0.8	0.6	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.8	0.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 302 FBS interior linemen by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #2 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Toledo	39	15	10.5	9.0	--	--	--
2022	Toledo	43	12	3.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Toledo	42	12	3.5	2.5	2	--	--
2020	Penn State	6	2	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
2019	Penn State	2	--	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		132	41	18.5	13.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 21–17

at Miami (OH)

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With E. Duran — 36 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 44 LONG · D. Finn — 160 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.5 · 34 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 28-30@ Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 71-3vs Texas Southern	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 3	W 21-17vs San José State	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 4	W 49-31vs Western Michigan	4	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 5	W 35-33vs Northern Illinois	5	0	1.0	0.5	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Massachusetts	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 13-6@ Ball State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 21-17@ Miami (OH)	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 31-13vs Buffalo	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 32-31@ Bowling Green	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 32-17@ Central Michigan	5	2	2.5	2.5	—	2.5 sacks
Wk 14	L 14-23vs Miami (OH)	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Bowl	L 15-16@ Wyoming	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		39	15	10.5	9.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology