Quarterback, Syracuse, 2016–⁠20

Rex Culpepper

Number
No. 17
Height
6′3″
Weight
221 lb
Class (2020)
Senior
Hometown
Tampa, FL
Born
Aug 17, 1997
Died
Mar 14, 2026

Rex Culpepper played quarterback at Syracuse (2016–⁠20).

Career highs

280passing yards, career highvs. Boston College, 20173touchdown passes, career highvs. Liberty, 2020

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2017Syracuse457560.05186.923
2019Syracuse010.000.000
2020Syracuse9419049.51,0285.498
Career13926652.31,5465.81111

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2017Syracuse21542.6012
2019Syracuse1−6−6.000
2020Syracuse25−57−2.307
Career47−9−0.2012

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2017Syracuse17QBFr.
2018Syracuse17QBSo.
2019Syracuse17QBJr.
2020Syracuse17QBSr.6′3″221

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. pass
2017Syracuse930.02––2.128%0.15
2019Syracuse2-1.48––-3.0––
2020Syracuse2170.024th (n=116)0.275.240%0.15

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2020 Syracuse 9 games, 1,028 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 12atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠31372201–
Sep 19atPittsburghL 10–⁠21498810−1
Oct 10vs.DukeL 24–⁠3813300−9
Oct 17vs.LibertyL 21–⁠38194021131−23
Oct 24atClemsonL 21–⁠47102617513−3
Oct 31vs.Wake ForestL 14–⁠3815278512−22
Nov 20atLouisvilleL 0–⁠30145000
Nov 28vs.NC StateL 29–⁠36234525420−7
Dec 5atNotre DameL 21–⁠451829185118
2019 Syracuse 2 games, 0 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 18vs.PittsburghL 20–⁠2701000–
Nov 2vs.Boston CollegeL 27–⁠58–––––−6
2017 Syracuse 4 games, 518 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Central ConnecticutW 50–⁠791610300−4
Nov 11vs.Wake ForestL 43–⁠64464600−7
Nov 18atLouisvilleL 10–⁠56819890247
Nov 25vs.Boston CollegeL 14–⁠4224342802118

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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