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Brad Culpepper

Retired

Chicago Bears · DT

Brad Culpepper recorded 114 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 9 rostered seasons with Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota Vikings.

▶Best highlights

0.4

tackles/gm

5

playoff games

9

indexed seasons

114

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Brad Culpepper's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1997
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 9, 1997

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1997

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1997
ARIZONACARDINALS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
SEP 28, 1997

Arizona Cardinals vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Sep 28, 1997

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1997
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
JAN 4, 1998

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Green Bay Packers

Divisional Round · Jan 4, 1998

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1999
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 6, 1999

Minnesota Vikings vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1999

4 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1998
GREEN BAYPACKERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 7, 1998

Green Bay Packers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1998

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Brad Culpepper's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Regular Season
1999
CHICAGOBEARS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
OCT 24, 1999

Chicago Bears vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Oct 24, 1999

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 sacks

Regular Season
1997
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 9, 1997

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 9, 1997

0 tackles · 3 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 tackles for loss

Regular Season
1999
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 6, 1999

Minnesota Vikings vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 6, 1999

4 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
1999
DETROITLIONS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 12, 1999

Detroit Lions vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1999

5 tackles · 1.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Brad Culpepper's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2000

01
MINCULPEPPER—Brad Culpepper
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

02
TBCULPEPPER—Brad Culpepper
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Franchise era

1996–2004

03
TBCULPEPPER—Brad Culpepper
TBBROOKS55Derrick Brooks
TBSAPP99Warren Sapp

Dungy builds it; Gruden finishes it

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The championship defense

The Tampa 2 defense restored the franchise, and Jon Gruden's arrival supplied the offense and edge needed to dominate Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Franchise era

1993–2003

04
CHICULPEPPER—Brad Culpepper
CHICOX52Bryan Cox
CHICONWAY80Curtis Conway

A proud identity waits for another core

Chicago Bears · Between great defenses

Chicago searched for offensive stability while gradually assembling the line and linebackers that would power its next contender.

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Career accomplishments

9 NFL seasons114 career games20 career solo tackles34 career sacksJersey: 765 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 6, 1992Most recent: Dec 17, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history