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NFL Up Next for Culpepper After Record Setting UCF Career
Daunte Culpepper is a poised, strong-armed quarterback who has all the tools. He runs a 4.6 in the 40, has a 36" vertical leap and can throw the ball 80 yards. As a result of his play on the field and his enormous popularity among fans and media off the field, elevated the University of Central Florida from an average I-AA program upon his arrival to a powerful I-A program on the verge of a top-25 ranking upon his departure. He capped a stellar career by putting his name at the top of virtually every quarterback record (more than 30 in all) at UCF. He also set an NCAA record for single-season completion percentage at .736, breaking a 15-year-old mark set by Steve Young (.713) and accomplished a feat equalled by only two others in NCAA history when he topped the 10,000 yard passing mark and the 1,000 yard rushing mark in his career. He finished his career with 11,412 yards passing and 1,020 yards rushing. The only other players to do so were Alcorn State's Steve McNair (1991-94) and Idaho's Doug Nussmeier 
(1990-93). He finished his career sixth on the NCAA's all-time total offense list for all divisions with 12,459 yards and was responsible for 108 career touchdowns (84 passing, 24 rushing). He is very adept at reading coverages and changing plays at the line of scrimmage and has the uncanny ability to scramble despite his big frame. In the spring prior to his senior season he tested highest on the team in the power clean, an exercise he was not required to test on, and one that he did not train for, with a lift of 330. He was near the top of the team in the squat with 455 and also bench pressed 345. Prior to his senior year he was invited to play in the Hula Bowl, the East-West Shrine Bowl, the Senior Bowl, the Blue-Gray Game and the Inaugural All-Star Gridiron Classic.
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