The son of Survivor stars Monica and Brad Culpepper has tragically passed away. He was 28.
Rex Culpepper, a former Syracuse quarterback, died from injuries sustained in a dirt bike accident in Florida, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Though his parents have yet to issue a statement of their own, his girlfriend of six years to whom he was recently engaged, Savannah Morgan, shared a lengthy tribute on Instagram.
© FilmMagicSharing several photos of the two over the years, she wrote: "No one expects to meet the love of your life and lose them in only 6 short years after meeting."
"Rex didn't always believe in soulmates but towards the end he told me that he didn't realize what having a soulmate felt like until we felt like extensions of each other," she continued. "And one thing about us is that we lived every single day like it was our last."
"We did every little thing that we set our minds to, between learning new skills and hobbies, and traveling to new places, there was never any free time with us and not a moment spent apart. I don't regret a single day in our 6 years," she added.
"You made six years feel like a lifetime Rexy. I'm sure that myself and all of you who cared about him will never truly be able to move on after knowing someone like him. You don't just meet people like Rex all the time. He was one in a billion. There wasn't one thing that man couldn't do. Lawyer, mechanic, musician, chef, athlete, nerd….lover. He became such a lover," she further shared.
"I will never take for granted how cool Rex was and how cool he eventually made me too. I will carry on his hobbies forever. I don't think this Rex shaped hole inside of me will ever be filled. But seeing how much everyone around him loved him so greatly, makes my heart full. So here are some parts of him that I would like to share with you, to hopefully make your heart full too. Our story was a good one babe," her tribute concluded.
Syracuse football, for which Rex played from 2017 to 2020, also shared a tribute on social media, writing: "Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28. Rex lived his life with endless passion, having overcome cancer at the age of 20 while playing for the Orange."
© Getty ImagesRex was diagnosed with testicular cancer in the spring of 2018, but went on to play six games the following fall and subsequently earned Syracuse's Jim DaRin Courage Award.
© Instagram"Appearing in 30 games, Rex played football as [fiercely] as he lived life. Our hearts are with the Culpepper family & all those who loved him," the statement further read."
Rex's father Brad was also a football player, playing for the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears. He later appeared on Survivor: Blood vs Water, and was a runner-up on Survivor: Game Changers, while his wife Monica, who he married in 1992, and with whom he shares two other children, also competed on Survivor: Blood vs. Water and Survivor: One World.
