Rex Culpepper, former Syracuse quarterback, dead at 28 from injuries in Georgia dirt bike crash

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Rex Culpepper, a former Syracuse Orange quarterback, died this past weekend due to injuries suffered in a dirt bike accident in Georgia. He was 28. 

"Our Orange family mourns the loss of Rex Culpepper, who passed away this weekend at the age of 28," the Syracuse football program said in a statement on X. "Rex lived his life with endless passion, having overcome cancer at the age of 20 while playing for the Orange. 

"Appearing in 30 games, Rex played football as fierce as he lived life. Our hearts are with the Culpepper family & all those who loved him."

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Rex Culpepper of the Syracuse Orange runs out for the game against the Holy Cross Crusaders at the Carrier Dome on Sept. 28, 2019 in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse defeats Holy Cross 41-3. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Culpepper’s fiancée, Savanna Morgan, confirmed his death in an emotional, heartbreaking Instagram post with photos and videos of them together. 

Culpepper had just proposed to Morgan less than one month ago. 

"No one expects to meet the love of your life and lose them in only 6 short years after meeting," Morgan began the caption of her post. "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. 

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"And one thing about us is that we lived every single day like it was our last.