1. Joseph Tyler Mixon was born on July 24,1996 and is an American professional football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.
44 Facts About Joe Mixon
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Joe Mixon played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2016.
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Joe Mixon was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft.
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Joe Mixon attended Freedom High School in Oakley, California, where he played football and basketball for the Falcons.
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Joe Mixon was a three-year starter at running back for the Freedom High School Falcons football team.
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Joe Mixon rushed for 1,134 yards and 13 touchdowns as a sophomore on 171 carries.
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Joe Mixon was ranked as a five-star recruit and the top-ranked running back in the nation by the Rivals.
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Joe Mixon had 47 offers, and ultimately chose Oklahoma over Alabama, California, Wisconsin, and UCLA.
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Joe Mixon attended and played college football for the University of Oklahoma from 2014 to 2016.
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Joe Mixon was suspended from the Oklahoma football team for the 2014 season after a misdemeanor assault charge in October 2014.
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In 2015, Joe Mixon earned playing time his redshirt freshman year, playing in all 12 games with three starts.
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Joe Mixon rushed for seven touchdowns and set his career long carry at 66 yards.
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Joe Mixon recorded 25 receptions for 345 yards, averaging 13.8 yards per reception, and four touchdowns.
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Joe Mixon started the 2016 season with 40 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, and 77 receiving yards in a loss to Houston.
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Joe Mixon followed that up with 147 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown against West Virginia.
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Joe Mixon was ranked the fifth-best running back by NFLDraftScout.
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On March 8,2017, Joe Mixon performed all of the combine tests and completed the positional workouts at Oklahoma's Pro Day.
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Joe Mixon was selected by the Bengals in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
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Joe Mixon was the fourth running back to be selected in that year's draft.
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Joe Mixon was viewed as a first-round talent by some scouts, but several teams removed him from their draft board entirely due to character concerns after a prior assault on Amelia Molitor, a female student at Oklahoma.
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Joe Mixon had eight rushes for nine yards and three receptions for 15 yards.
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Joe Mixon finished the season leading the AFC in rushing yards with 1,168.
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On September 1,2020, Joe Mixon signed a four-year, $48 million contract extension with the Bengals through the 2024 season.
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Joe Mixon was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 4.
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In December, Joe Mixon was selected to his first Pro Bowl, making him the first Bengals running back to make the Pro Bowl since Rudi Johnson in 2004.
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On January 5,2022, Joe Mixon was revealed to have tested positive for COVID-19, and thus could not play in the season finale.
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Joe Mixon's 13 rushing touchdowns were the most by a Bengals player since Ickey Woods had 15 in the 1988 season.
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Joe Mixon was the third running back in NFL history to throw a touchdown in the Super Bowl.
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Joe Mixon was ranked 38th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.
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Joe Mixon was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his game against the Panthers.
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Joe Mixon began the season by restructuring his contract to a more team-friendly, incentive based deal.
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Joe Mixon scored his first touchdown of the season in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams, and had his first combined 100-yard game in Week 8 against the San Francisco 49ers.
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Joe Mixon would have a two-touchdown game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 13, and had his first and only 100-yard rushing game of the season against the Cleveland Browns in Week 18.
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Joe Mixon finished the 2023 season with 1,034 rushing yards and 12 combined touchdowns.
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Joe Mixon moved into third place for the Bengals' franchise rushing leader, behind James Brooks and Corey Dillon.
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Joe Mixon was selected as a first alternate to the Pro Bowl.
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Joe Mixon was traded to the Houston Texans on March 13,2024, in exchange for a 2024 seventh round selection previously obtained from the Arizona Cardinals, which the Bengals used to select safety Daijahn Anthony.
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Joe Mixon missed three games from Week 3 to Week 5 with an ankle injury.
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Joe Mixon finished the 2024 season with 245 carries for 1,016 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns to go with 36 receptions for 309 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.
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Joe Mixon entered an Alford plea to a misdemeanor assault charge in October 2014 for punching Amelia Molitor, breaking bones in her face and resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
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Joe Mixon claimed that Molitor's friend had directed a racial slur at him and that he responded with a homophobic slur at the friend.
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Joe Mixon received a one-year deferred sentence and was ordered to undergo counseling along with 100 hours of community service.
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On February 3,2023, less than 24 hours after the warrant was issued the aggravated menacing charge against Joe Mixon was dismissed, per the request of The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.
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Joe Mixon was not arrested, but the investigation into the incident is ongoing.