1. Rex Burkhead played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
43 Facts About Rex Burkhead
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Rex Burkhead signed with the Houston Texans in 2021 and spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons with them.
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Rex Burkhead was born in Winchester, Kentucky, and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
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Rex Burkhead attended Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas, where he played high school football for the Wildcats.
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Rex Burkhead was on the varsity team for all four years of his high school career and even played in the division 5A basketball playoffs his senior year.
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Rex Burkhead earned first-team all-district honors in basketball as a junior and senior, and as a freshman he was part of Class 5A state championship basketball team.
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Rex Burkhead played in all 14 games as the backup, and rushed for 951 yards on 172 carries and seven touchdowns.
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In 2011, Rex Burkhead took over as the starting running back as a junior.
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Nebraska had little experience at running back that season, and Rex Burkhead got the majority of the carries, including a school-record 38 carries against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Rex Burkhead ended up rushing for 1,357 yards on 284 carries with 15 touchdowns and was named a first team All-Big Ten selection.
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In 2012, with expectations high, Rex Burkhead sprained his knee in the season opener and missed two games before re-injuring the knee four games later.
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Rex Burkhead missed six games total in the season, but still finished with five touchdowns and 675 yards on 98 carries for a 6.9 yard average.
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Rex Burkhead was considered the ninth or tenth best running back prospect for the 2013 NFL draft and was ranked in the top 150 overall.
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Rex Burkhead graduated from Nebraska in three-and-a-half years with a bachelor's degree in history.
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Rex Burkhead earned repeated scholar-athlete awards throughout his career, including first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2011 and 2012, and recognition as one of 15 National Football Foundation Scholar Athletes in 2012.
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Rex Burkhead played in all four preseason games, rushing 28 times for 130 yards with one touchdown, and five receptions for 39 yards.
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In 2014, Rex Burkhead played in nine games for the Bengals, mainly on special teams.
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Rex Burkhead had the most productive game of his career in the Bengals' Wild Card Round loss to the Indianapolis Colts, in which Burkhead started at wide receiver and totaled three receptions for 34 yards and one rush for 23 yards.
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Rex Burkhead played in all 16 regular season games for the Bengals in 2015, seeing action primarily on special teams.
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In 2016, Rex Burkhead appeared in all 16 regular season games for the Bengals, including one start at running back.
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On March 14,2017, Rex Burkhead signed a one-year contract with the New England Patriots worth up to $3.15 million.
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Rex Burkhead finished the game with three receptions for 41 yards.
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On November 12,2017, during Week 10 against the Denver Broncos, Rex Burkhead had 10 rushes for 36 rushing yards, three receptions for 27 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown, and a blocked punt.
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Rex Burkhead thus became the first player to both catch a touchdown pass and block a punt in the same NFL game since 1977.
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Rex Burkhead finished his first season with the Patriots with 64 carries for 264 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns and recorded 30 catches for 254 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.
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Rex Burkhead recorded three carries for 18 yards and caught a pass for 46 yards in the Super Bowl.
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On March 14,2018, Rex Burkhead signed a three-year contract extension with the Patriots.
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In Week 3 against the Detroit Lions, Rex Burkhead suffered a neck injury and was placed on injured reserve on September 26,2018.
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Rex Burkhead was activated off injured reserve on November 26,2018.
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Rex Burkhead ran up the middle for 10 yards and another three yards on the next play setting up 1st and Goal.
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Rex Burkhead ran again up the middle for a 2-yard touchdown, sending the Patriots to Super Bowl LIII.
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Rex Burkhead finished the game with 12 carries for 41 yards and two rushing touchdowns and had the game's longest run from scrimmage.
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In New England's three playoff games, Rex Burkhead totaled seven receptions on seven targets for 45 yards and registered one tackle on special teams.
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Rex Burkhead was placed on injured reserve on November 28,2020.
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Rex Burkhead finished the 2020 season with 67 carries for 274 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns to go along with 25 receptions for 192 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.
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On June 1,2021, Rex Burkhead signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Houston Texans that included a $125K signing bonus.
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On January 7,2022, Rex Burkhead signed a contract extension with the Texans through the 2022 season.
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Rex Burkhead recorded 26 carries for 86 yards while recording 37 receptions for 204 yards and a touchdown in 16 games.
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Rex Burkhead, who did not play during the 2023 season, announced his retirement from the NFL after ten seasons on February 5,2024.
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Rex Burkhead was the 2012 winner of the Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion award.
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Rex Burkhead was awarded for his work with a 6-year-old suffering from a rare pediatric brain tumor called a low-grade glioma.
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Rex Burkhead offered to meet Jack, and his involvement in their relationship led to national notice when he arranged for Jack to suit up in a Cornhusker uniform and "run for a touchdown" in the 2013 Nebraska spring football game before a crowd of more than 60,000.
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In honor of Jack Hoffman, Rex Burkhead launched the Team Jack Foundation.