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Rex Burkhead

Rex Burkhead

Position: RB Throws: Right

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

Team: Houston Texans

Born: July 2, 1990 in Winchester, KY

College: Nebraska (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 21 (5285th overall since 1960)

High School: Plano (TX)

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

1x SB Champ

SUMMARY

2022

Career

115

Rush

488

Yds

1908

Y/A

3.1

3.9

FantPt

40.4

498.2

2022 Games

2022 Games Table
							Receiving							Rushing				Passing													Tackles					Fumbles						Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	Y/A	TD	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	Rate	Sk	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Sk	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	QBHits	Fmb	FL	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Status
2022-09-11	1	HOU		IND	T 20-20		8	5	30	6.00	0	62.5%	3.75	14	40	2.86	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	71%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-09-18	2	HOU	@	DEN	L 9-16		3	2	9	4.50	0	66.7%	3.00	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	37%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-09-25	3	HOU	@	CHI	L 20-23		5	4	21	5.25	0	80.0%	4.20	3	9	3.00	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	41%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-10-02	4	HOU		LAC	L 24-34		5	5	39	7.80	1	100.0%	7.80	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	32%	0	0%	2	7%
2022-10-09	5	HOU	@	JAX	W 13-6		3	2	13	6.50	0	66.7%	4.33	3	15	5.00	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	21%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-10-23	7	HOU	@	LVR	L 20-38		6	5	11	2.20	0	83.3%	1.83	2	8	4.00	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	35%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-10-30	8	HOU		TEN	L 10-17		1	1	2	2.00	0	100.0%	2.00	0	0		0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	19%	0	0%	3	11%
2022-11-03	9	HOU		PHI	L 17-29		2	1	6	6.00	0	50.0%	3.00	1	9	9.00	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	22%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-11-13	10	HOU	@	NYG	L 16-24		2	2	28	14.00	0	100.0%	14.00	1	2	2.00	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	25%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-11-20	11	HOU		WAS	L 10-23							0.0%																	0													9	16%	0	0%	0	0%
2022-11-27	12	HOU	@	MIA	L 15-30		2	1	5	5.00	0	50.0%	2.50	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18%	0	0%	2	7%
2022-12-11	14	HOU	@	DAL	L 23-27		1	1	5	5.00	0	100.0%	5.00	2	-3	-1.50	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8%	0	0%	6	21%
2022-12-18	15	HOU		KAN	L 24-30		4	2	17	8.50	0	50.0%	4.25	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	19%	0	0%	4	14%
2022-12-24	16	HOU	@	TEN	W 19-14		2	2	7	3.50	0	100.0%	3.50	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			1	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	16%	0	0%	0	0%
2023-01-01	17	HOU		JAX	L 3-31		5	3	10	3.33	0	60.0%	2.00	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19%	0	0%	0	0%
2023-01-08	18	HOU	@	IND	W 32-31		2	1	1	1.00	0	50.0%	0.50	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0			0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15%	0	0%	0	0%
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Rushing & Receiving

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2013	23	CIN	RB	33	1	0			0										0										0		0
2014	24	CIN	RB	33	9	0	9	27	1	1	10	3.0	3.0	1.0	10	7	49	7.0	0	3	15	0.8	5.4	70.0%	4.9	16	4.8	76	1	0	1
2015	25	CIN	RB	33	16	0	4	4	0	0	2	1.0	0.3	0.3	15	10	94	9.4	1	4	27	0.6	5.9	66.7%	6.3	14	7.0	98	1	1	1
2016	26	CIN	RB	33	16	1	74	344	2	24	17	4.6	21.5	4.6	20	17	145	8.5	0	9	18	1.1	9.1	85.0%	7.3	91	5.4	489	2	1	3
2017	27	NWE	RB	34	10	3	64	264	5	14	31	4.1	26.4	6.4	36	30	254	8.5	3	13	23	3.0	25.4	83.3%	7.1	94	5.5	518	8	1	5
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4	57	186	0	11	12	3.3	23.3	7.1	20	14	131	9.4	1	4	25	1.8	16.4	70.0%	6.6	71	4.5	317	1	2	2
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1	65	302	3	18	33	4.6	23.2	5.0	38	27	279	10.3	0	10	32	2.1	21.5	71.1%	7.3	92	6.3	581	3	1	4
2020	30	NWE	RB	34	10	0	67	274	3	18	18	4.1	27.4	6.7	33	25	192	7.7	3	11	24	2.5	19.2	75.8%	5.8	92	5.1	466	6	0	3
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	122	427	3	30	36	3.5	26.7	7.6	32	25	186	7.4	0	9	20	1.6	11.6	78.1%	5.8	147	4.2	613	3	1	3
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	26	80	0	4	9	3.1	5.0	1.6	51	37	204	5.5	1	8	17	2.3	12.8	72.5%	4.0	63	4.5	284	1	0	2
Career					115	14	488	1908	17	120	36	3.9	16.6	4.2	255	192	1534	8.0	9	71	32	1.7	13.3	75.3%	6.0	680	5.1	3442	26	7	24
4 yrs		CIN			42	1	87	375	3	25	17	4.3	8.9	2.1	45	34	288	8.5	1	16	27	0.8	6.9	75.6%	6.4	121	5.5	663	4	2	5
4 yrs		NWE			41	8	253	1026	11	61	33	4.1	25.0	6.2	127	96	856	8.9	7	38	32	2.3	20.9	75.6%	6.7	349	5.4	1882	18	4	14
2 yrs		HOU			32	5	148	507	3	34	36	3.4	15.8	4.6	83	62	390	6.3	1	17	20	1.9	12.2	74.7%	4.7	210	4.3	897	4	1	5

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2014	24	CIN	HB	1	1	1	23	0	1	23	23.0	23.0	1.0	3	3	34	11.3	0	1	26	3.0	34.0	100.0%	11.3	4	14.3	57	0	0
2015	25	CIN	HB	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	5	1.0	5.0	100.0%	5.0	2	4.5	9	0	0
2017	27	NWE	RB	2	0	4	23	0	1	9	5.8	11.5	2.0	2	1	46	46.0	0	1	46	0.5	23.0	50.0%	23.0	5	13.8	69	0	0
2018	28	NWE	RB	3	1	23	96	3	7	26	4.2	32.0	7.7	7	7	45	6.4	0	1	8	2.3	15.0	100.0%	6.4	30	4.7	141	3	0
2019	29	NWE	RB	1	0	3	4	0	0	4	1.3	4.0	3.0	3	3	32	10.7	0	1	12	3.0	32.0	100.0%	10.7	6	6.0	36	0	0
Career				8	2	32	150	3	9	26	4.7	18.8	4.0	16	15	162	10.8	0	4	46	1.9	20.3	93.8%	10.1	47	6.6	312	3
3 yrs		NWE		6	1	30	123	3	8	26	4.1	20.5	5.0	12	11	123	11.2	0	3	46	1.8	20.5	91.7%	10.3	41	6.0	246	3
2 yrs		CIN		2	1	2	27	0	1	23	13.5	13.5	1.0	4	4	39	9.8	0	1	26	2.0	19.5	100.0%	9.8	6	11.0	66	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2014	24	CIN	RB	33	9	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0	0
2015	25	CIN	RB	33	16	0			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11	6	5	0	0
2016	26	CIN	RB	33	16	1			0			1	1	0	0	0	0.0	12	7	5	0	0
2017	27	NWE	RB	34	10	3			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0
2018	28	NWE	RB	34	8	4			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
2019	29	NWE	RB	34	13	1			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	4	1	0	0
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0			0			0	0	1	0	1	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
Career					115	14			0			1	7	1	0	1	0.0	42	27	15	0	0
4 yrs		CIN			42	1			0			1	2	0	0	0	0.0	27	14	13	0	0
4 yrs		NWE			41	8			0			0	4	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0	0
2 yrs		HOU			32	5			0			0	1	1	0	1	0.0	4	4	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2019	29	NWE	RB	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Career				8				0							0	0.0	3	1	2	0	0
3 yrs		NWE		6	1			0							0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
2 yrs		CIN		2	1			0							0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

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Regular Season

Playoffs

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

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2021	31	HOU	RB	28	16	5	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	2.4	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
2022	32	HOU	RB	28	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	2.9	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career					115	14	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
4 yrs		CIN			42	1
4 yrs		NWE			41	8
2 yrs		HOU			32	5	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6		0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00

Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

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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Regular Season

Playoffs

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

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
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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