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Daunte Culpepper can't find work, so he's retiring. (AP Images)

Apparently no one is looking for a former Pro Bowl quarterback, so Daunte Culpepper is calling it quits.

"After taking a long look at my career and my personal convictions, I have decided to begin early retirement from the NFL effective immediately," Culpepper said in an e-mail.

"I would rather shut the door to such 'opportunity' than continue to wait for one of my fellow quarterbacks to suffer a serious injury. Since I was not given a fair chance to come in and compete for a job, I would rather move on and win in other arenas of life."

Culpepper was the 11th pick for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1999 NFL Draft and played for two other teams (Miami and Oakland) in his nine-year career.

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