It was the moment of the spring for the Syracuse football team. Unexpectedly Rex Culpepper took the field for the final drive of the ‘Spring Football Showcase’.
What was supposed to be a tease for the 2018 football season, ended up being a tease for something even greater. Rex Culpepper beating cancer.
While he didn’t ring the bell at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa prior to his surprising appearance in the spring showcase, it did provide him the final rejuvenation required to push through the final nine weeks of his treatment:
“Coach Babers said I wasn’t going to play in the spring game.