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Rex Burkhead

Rex Burkhead

Position: RB Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Born: July 2, 1990 in Winchester, KY

College: Nebraska (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 21 (5391st overall since 1960)

High School: Plano (TX)

Draft: Cincinnati Bengals in the 6th round (190th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.

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SUMMARY

Career

115

Rush

488

Yds

1908

Y/A

3.9

FantPt

498.2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	AV	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
2013	23	CIN	NFL	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			0		0	0	0
2014	24	CIN	NFL	1	9	0	9	27	1	1	11.1	10	3.0	3.0	1.0	10	7	49	7.0	0	3	40.0	15	0.8	5.4	70.0	4.9	16	4.8	76	1	0
2015	25	CIN	NFL	1	16	0	4	4	0	0	0.0	2	1.0	0.3	0.3	15	10	94	9.4	1	4	46.7	27	0.6	5.9	66.7	6.3	14	7.0	98	1	1
2016	26	CIN	NFL	3	16	1	74	344	2	24	63.5	17	4.6	21.5	4.6	20	17	145	8.5	0	9	55.0	18	1.1	9.1	85.0	7.3	91	5.4	489	2	1
2017	27	NWE	NFL	5	10	3	64	264	5	14	51.6	31	4.1	26.4	6.4	36	30	254	8.5	3	13	58.3	23	3.0	25.4	83.3	7.1	94	5.5	518	8	1
2018	28	NWE	NFL	2	8	4	57	186	0	11	38.6	12	3.3	23.3	7.1	20	14	131	9.4	1	4	55.0	25	1.8	16.4	70.0	6.6	71	4.5	317	1	2
2019	29	NWE	NFL	4	13	1	65	302	3	18	50.8	33	4.6	23.2	5.0	38	27	279	10.3	0	10	52.6	32	2.1	21.5	71.1	7.3	92	6.3	581	3	1
2020	30	NWE	NFL	3	10	0	67	274	3	18	55.2	18	4.1	27.4	6.7	33	25	192	7.7	3	11	39.4	24	2.5	19.2	75.8	5.8	92	5.1	466	6	0
2021	31	HOU	NFL	3	16	5	122	427	3	30	44.3	36	3.5	26.7	7.6	32	25	186	7.4	0	9	46.9	20	1.6	11.6	78.1	5.8	147	4.2	613	3	1
2022	32	HOU	NFL	2	16	0	26	80	0	4	53.8	9	3.1	5.0	1.6	51	37	204	5.5	1	8	29.4	17	2.3	12.8	72.5	4.0	63	4.5	284	1	0
10 Yrs				24	115	14	488	1908	17	120	49.4	36	3.9	16.6	4.2	255	192	1534	8.0	9	71	45.9	32	1.7	13.3	75.3	6.0	680	5.1	3442	26	7
17 Game Avg				4	17	2	72	282	3	18	49.4	36	3.9	16.6	4.2	38	28	227	8.0	1	10	45.9	32	1.7	13.3	75.3	6.0	101	0.7	509	4	1

CIN (4 Yrs)				5	42	1	87	375	3	25	55.2	17	4.3	8.9	2.1	45	34	288	8.5	1	16	48.9	27	0.8	6.9	75.6	6.4	121	5.5	663	4	2
NWE (4 Yrs)				14	41	8	253	1026	11	61	49.4	33	4.1	25.0	6.2	127	96	856	8.9	7	38	51.2	32	2.3	20.9	75.6	6.7	349	5.4	1882	18	4
HOU (2 Yrs)				5	32	5	148	507	3	34	45.9	36	3.4	15.8	4.6	83	62	390	6.3	1	17	36.1	20	1.9	12.2	74.7	4.7	210	4.3	897	4	1

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
2014	24	CIN	NFL	1	1	1	23	0	1	100.0	23	23.0	23.0	1.0	3	3	34	11.3	0	1	66.7	26	3.0	34.0	100.0	11.3	4	14.3	57	0	0
2015	25	CIN	NFL	1	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	1.0	5.0	100.0	5.0	2	4.5	9	0	0

2017	27	NWE	NFL	2	0	4	23	0	1	75.0	9	5.8	11.5	2.0	2	1	46	46.0	0	1	50.0	46	0.5	23.0	50.0	23.0	5	13.8	69	0	0
2018	28	NWE	NFL	3	1	23	96	3	7	39.1	26	4.2	32.0	7.7	7	7	45	6.4	0	1	100.0	8	2.3	15.0	100.0	6.4	30	4.7	141	3	0
2019	29	NWE	NFL	1	0	3	4	0	0	0.0	4	1.3	4.0	3.0	3	3	32	10.7	0	1	100.0	12	3.0	32.0	100.0	10.7	6	6.0	36	0	0
5 Yrs				8	2	32	150	3	9	40.6	26	4.7	18.8	4.0	16	15	162	10.8	0	4	81.3	46	1.9	20.3	93.8	10.1	47	6.6	312	3	0
17 Game Avg				17	4	68	319	6	19	40.6	26	4.7	18.8	4.0	34	32	344	10.8	0	9	81.3	46	1.9	20.3	93.8	10.1	100	14.1	663	6	0

NWE (3 Yrs)				6	1	30	123	3	8	40.0	26	4.1	20.5	5.0	12	11	123	11.2	0	3	91.7	46	1.8	20.5	91.7	10.3	41	6.0	246	3	0
CIN (2 Yrs)				2	1	2	27	0	1	50.0	23	13.5	13.5	1.0	4	4	39	9.8	0	1	50.0	26	2.0	19.5	100.0	9.8	6	11.0	66	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	Awards
2014	24	CIN	NFL	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0	0	0
2015	25	CIN	NFL	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11	6	5	0	0	0
2016	26	CIN	NFL	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12	7	5	0	0	0
2017	27	NWE	NFL	RB	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0	0
2018	28	NWE	NFL	RB	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
2019	29	NWE	NFL	RB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	0	0

2021	31	HOU	NFL	RB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0
2022	32	HOU	NFL	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs					115	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	1	0.0	42	27	15	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0

CIN (4 Yrs)					42	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	27	14	13	0	0	0
NWE (4 Yrs)					41	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0	0	0
HOU (2 Yrs)					32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	4	4	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	Awards
2015	25	CIN	NFL	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0

2018	28	NWE	NFL	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2019	29	NWE	NFL	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs					8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	2	4			0

NWE (3 Yrs)					6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
CIN (2 Yrs)					2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2016	26	CIN	RB	33	16	1			0			6	114	0	26	19.0	603
2017	27	NWE	RB	34	10	3			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	535
Career					115	14			0			7	131	0	26	18.7	3573
4 yrs		CIN			42	1			0			6	114	0	26	19.0	777
4 yrs		NWE			41	8			0			1	17	0	17	17.0	1899
2 yrs		HOU			32	5			0					0			897

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2017	27	NWE	RB	2	0			0			0	-1	0	-1		63
Career				8				0			0	-1	0	0		311
3 yrs		NWE		6	1			0			0	-1	0	0		245
2 yrs		CIN		2	1			0					0			66

Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
2021	31	HOU	NFL	RB	16	5	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	3.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
2022	32	HOU	NFL	RB	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6	3.2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10 Yrs					115	14	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6		0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6		0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

CIN (4 Yrs)					42	1	0	0		0	0		0		0			0.0			0	0				0	0
NWE (4 Yrs)					41	8	0	0		0	0		0		0			0.0			0	0				0	0
HOU (2 Yrs)					32	5	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.00	0.0	39.6		0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	0	0	0	0		0			0
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	0	0	0	0		0			0
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	0	1	0	7	7.0	0		0.0	0
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	0	1	0	7	7.0	0		0.0	0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	0	1	0	0	0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.0%	0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	0	0	0	3	23	0	0	3	23	0	0
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	0	1	0	7	21	0	0	7	21	0	0
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2014	24	CIN	RB	33	9	0	1			1		6	0.7
2015	25	CIN	RB	33	16	0		1		1		6	0.4
2016	26	CIN	RB	33	16	1	2			2		12	0.8
2017	27	NWE	RB	34	10	3	5	3		8		48	4.8
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4		1		1		6	0.8
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	3			3		18	1.4
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	3	3		6		36	3.6
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	3			3	0	18	1.1
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0		1	1	2	0	12	0.8
Career					115	14	17	9	1	27	0	162	1.4
4 yrs		CIN			42	1	3	1		4	0	24	.6
4 yrs		NWE			41	8	11	7		18	0	108	2.6
2 yrs		HOU			32	5	3	1	1	5	0	30	.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2018	28	NWE	RB	3	1	3	3	18	6.0
Career				8	2	3	3	18	2.3
3 yrs		NWE		6	1	3	3	18	3.0
2 yrs		CIN		2	1			0	0.0

Snap Counts

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2013	23	CIN	RB	33	1	0	0	0%	0	0%	17	55%
2014	24	CIN	RB	33	9	0	34	6%	0	0%	133	50%
2015	25	CIN	RB	33	16	0	73	7%	0	0%	299	68%
2016	26	CIN	RB	33	16	1	238	22%	0	0%	209	47%
2017	27	NWE	RB	34	10	3	195	28%	0	0%	102	37%
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	151	28%	0	0%	91	42%
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	264	29%	0	0%	218	60%
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	269	41%	0	0%	112	45%
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	378	38%	0	0%	80	19%
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	260	26%	0	0%	17	4%
Career							1862		0		1278
4 yrs		CIN			42	1	345		0		658
4 yrs		NWE			41	8	879		0		523
2 yrs		HOU			32	5	638		0		97

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PFR HOF Monitor: 12.30 (396th among RB, average HOF RB is 106.95)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Rex Burkhead?

Rex Burkhead is 34 years old.

When was Rex Burkhead born?

Rex Burkhead was born on July 2, 1990.

Where was Rex Burkhead born?

Rex Burkhead was born in Winchester, KY.

How tall is Rex Burkhead?

Rex Burkhead is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much did Rex Burkhead weigh when playing?

Rex Burkhead weighed 215 lbs (97 kg) when playing.

Is Rex Burkhead in the Hall of Fame?

Rex Burkhead has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Rex Burkhead play?

Rex Burkhead played 115 games over his career.

How many rushing attempts did Rex Burkhead have?

Rex Burkhead had 488 rushing attempts over his career.

How many rushing yards did Rex Burkhead have?

Rex Burkhead had 1,908 rushing yards over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Rex Burkhead won?

Rex Burkhead has won 1 Super Bowl.

When did Rex Burkhead retire?

Rex Burkhead last played in 2022.

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