He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and Hamburg Sea Devils.

Kurpeikis played college football at Penn State, finishing his career with 172 tackles, 17 sacks and 43 stops for losses.

[2] In 2003, he joined the New England Patriots as member of practice squad and spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons with the team,[3][4][5] also winning Super Bowl XXXIX.

[7][8] Kurpeikis began the 2007 season as member of NFL Europa's Hamburg Sea Devils, before signing as a free agent with the Detroit Lions on August 9, 2007.

In a 2005 interview with Mark Harrington, Justin exclaimed that "The advice I want to give to everyone out there, "No matter up or down, you have to constantly strive for more and more and never be satisfied.