Brad Culpepper John Broward Culpepper ( born May 8 , 1969 ) , nicknamed Brad Culpepper , is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL ) for nine seasons during the 1990s and early 2000s . Culpepper played college football for the University of Florida , and was recognized as an All - American . Selected late in the tenth round of the 1992 NFL Draft , he became a consistent starter for the Minnesota Vikings , Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears of the NFL . In the winter of 2013 , Culpepper competed on " " along with his wife Monica where he placed 15th after losing the fifth duel on Redemption Island . Early life and family . Culpepper was born in Tallahassee , Florida , in 1969 . 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 Florida Gators football team from 1960 to 1962 and co - captain of the Gators ' 1962 Gator Bowl team , and became a prominent Tallahassee attorney . His uncle , Blair Culpepper , was a Gators fullback in 1957 and 1958 , and became a bank president in Winter Park , Florida . His grandfather , J . Broward Culpepper , was also a Florida graduate and served as the chancellor of the State University System of Florida . College career . Culpepper received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he played for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier ' s Florida Gators football teams from 1988 to 1991 . During his senior season in 1991 , Culpepper was a standout defensive tackle and team captain on the Gators ' Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) championship team , a first - team All - SEC selection and a consensus first - team All - American . He finished his college career with eighteen quarterback sack s and 47 . 5 tackle s for a loss . He was also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll all four years , was a first - team Academic All - America n , and received the Draddy Trophy recognizing him as college football ' s most outstanding student - athlete . While Culpepper was a Florida undergraduate , he was also an active member of Sigma Chi Fraternity ( Gamma Theta Chapter ) . Culpepper graduated from Florida with his bachelor ' s degree in history after his junior year , and enrolled in a master ' s degree program in exercise and sports sciences during his senior football season . After finishing his professional playing career , Culpepper returned to graduate school and law school full - time , and earned his master ' s degree and law degree from Florida in 2001 . He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a " Gator Great " in 2001 . The sport editors of " The Gainesville Sun " ranked him as the No . 47 all - time greatest player of the first 100 seasons of the Florida Gators football team in 2006 . Professional career . Culpepper was a tenth round selection ( 264th overall pick ) in the 1992 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings , and he played for the Vikings from to , the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from to , and the Chicago Bears in . In his nine - year professional career , Culpepper played in 131 games , started eighty - three of them , and recorded thirty - four quarterback sack s and one safety . During the , Culpepper was wired for sound for HBO ' s " Inside the NFL . " After Warren Sapp was hurt and took himself out of the game for a brief time , the following conversation ensued : Culpepper : " Tad bit dramatic . Tad bit dramatic with the cut . I thought ( the knee ) was blown out . " Sapp : " He stepped on it . There ' s a full cleat mark on my leg . " Culpepper : " Would Howie Long have come out ? " Life after football . Culpepper is now a trial lawyer for the Culpepper Kurland law firm in Tampa , Florida . Since his retirement , Culpepper has spoken out about his concerns regarding the increasing size of NFL players ; he believes that the increasing number of 300 - pound players is " unnatural and unsafe " and has led to many serious health problems . During his football career , Culpepper inflated his weight to 280 pounds ; after he retired from professional football , he lost almost 100 pounds . Survivor . Culpepper and his wife Monica have three children , Rex , Honor , and Judge . Monica was selected as a participant for the of the CBS reality television show " Survivor " , and she and Brad participated together in the of the show . Brad came in 15th place while Monica was the season ' s runner up .