Judge Culpepper: DT · Toledo · #95.
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Judge Culpepper
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2023: All-MAC. On tape: 5 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Central Michigan, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-30@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 71-3vs Texas Southern | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 21-17vs San José State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 49-31vs Western Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-33vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24@ Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 13-6@ Ball State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-13vs Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 32-31@ Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-17@ Central Michigan | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 14-23vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 15-16vs Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 15 | 10.5 | 9.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2023
W 71-3
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 68-point win at home against Texas Southern.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%10 TFLSack rate
23%9 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries39 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 9 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 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
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
42.6%
376 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #2 of 302 FBS interior linemen by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2023 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #2 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Penn State and Toledo, 132 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: James Franklin and Jason Candle.
