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Rex Burkhead
Houston Texans

2025 Projected Value: $0
2025 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $0
Based on 10-team A-only league

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Date	News
4/28/25	Patriots' new free agent signing is their next Rex Burkhead at running back. The New England Patriots were rightly praised for their second-round NFL Draft selection of Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson. The Pats gave out their biggest undrafted free agent contract to a running back, too. According to The Athletic's Chad Graff, it was $175K guaranteed for Larison to sign with New England. Source: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/new-england-pa...
7/11/24	Huskers announce 2024 Nebraska Football Hall of Fame inductees. LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska football announced the 2024 Hall of Fame inductees. One of the top running backs in program history, Rex Burkhead made the cut. Advertisement He played for the Huskers from 2009 to 2012, and during that time he rushed for 3,329 yards. He totaled 30 touchdowns during his time with Nebraska before moving on to play 10 seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots and Houston Texans. He was also part of two Patriot Super Bowl teams. Monte Johnson, who won back-to-back national championships, was selected from the legends category. The defensive lineman played from 1970 to 1972 for Bob Devaney. He totaled 80 tackles with the Huskers and was later taken Source: https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-football-ann...
2/06/24	Former Bengals RB Rex Burkhead retires from NFL. A notable former Bengals player hangs up the cleats. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-bengals-rb-rex-bur...
2/05/24	Former Texans RB Rex Burkhead retires from NFL. Rex Burkhead spent the final two years of his 10-season career with the Houston Texans. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-texans-rb-rex-burk...
8/01/23	NFL Rumors: Ex-Patriots Running Back Works Out For AFC Team. Rex Burkhead was hosted for a workout, seeking his next destination before the 2023-24 season kicks off. Burkhead, who spent the last two seasons in a Texans uniform after a three-year run with the Patriots, but became the odd man out among Houston's backfield. As the Texans were able to lean on Dameon Pierce and Dare Ogunbowale, Burkhead was the least to stand out from the bunch. Source: https://nesn.com/2023/08/nfl-rumors-ex-patriots-ru...
12/17/22	Texans' rookies RB Dameon Pierce and CB Derek Stingley Jr. out for the year after injuries. With Pierce out, the Texans will look to veteran Rex Burkhead and Dare Ogunbowale to fill in. HOUSTON — Houston Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. and running back Dameon Pierce were placed on the injured list Saturday, ending their rookie seasons. Stingley, the third overall pick in the 2022 draft, has missed the last four games with a strained hamstring. Source: https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/sports/nfl/texan...
10/05/22	Fantasy football NFL Week 5 players to start and sit: Teddy Bridgewater, Christian McCaffrey, Courtland Sutton. Pierce has now played 62.7%, 60.7%, and 67.9% of the team’s snaps over the past three games after a 27.9% snap rate in Week 1. More important than the slight snap bump in Week 4 was the route rate. Pierce, for the first week of the year, ran more routes (18) than Rex Burkhead (14). Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/05/fantasy-foot...
10/03/22	Huskers in the NFL Week 4. Rex Burkhead, Houston Texans While Burkhead didn’t get a single rushing attempt, he is still being used as a pass catching back and against the Chargers he caught all five of his targets for 39 yards including a 3rd quarter touchdown. Solid Game Lavonte David, Tampa Bay Buccaneers After giving up the first touchdown of the game to Travis Kelce, David was able to settle into the game and be third on the Bucs in tackles with 10. Source: https://www.cornnation.com/2022/10/3/23385152/husk...
10/02/22	Texans rookie Jalen Pitre on hunger for first win of season: 'We're starving right now'. Texans running back Rex Burkhead rushed for a career-high 149 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Davis Mills had a 130.6 passer rating during a 41-29 victory last season over the Chargers earned despite not having wide receiver Brandin Cooks, kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn, defensive end Jonathan Greenard and center Justin Britt due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Source: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/10/0...
9/29/22	Rex Burkhead hosting Top Golf event for pediatric brain cancer. On April 6, 2013, Rex Burkhead watched six-year-old Jack Hoffman run 69 yards for a touchdown during the Nebraska Cornhuskers spring football game. Hoffman was wearing a No. jersey, Burkhead's number at the time. Source: https://www.houstontexans.com/news/rex-burkhead-ho...
9/25/22	With the Chicago Bears passing game malfunctioning, Roquan Smith and the defense take things into their own hands. And Smith’s third-down pick came in part because defensive tackle Angelo Blackson did his job up front, getting his right hand on Mills’ pass to Rex Burkhead and allowing Smith to snatch the fluttering ball at the Texans 30. If you can’t get to the quarterback, get your hands up,” Blackson said. It was an opportune time. Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/25/with-the-ch...
9/22/22	Texans' Rex Burkhead holding Top Golf charity event to benefit Team Jack Foundation. Hoffman scored a touchdown during the spring game at Nebraska. Jack and I met and it was kind of a Make a Wish deal,” Burkhead said. They didn’t know how much longer he had. Source: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/2...
9/13/22	Texans' Justin Britt points out he committed 'couple of errors'. Then, right tackle Tytus Howard had a false start to set up a 3rd-and-22 with Mills sacked again by Paye to halt the drive. Britt had a false start during the Texans’ final drive of the game, and running back Rex Burkhead was stuffed for a loss of two yards on 3rd-and-1 by Grover Stewart on a run behind Britt and right guard A.J. Cann. If there is a communication error, it starts with me being the voice of the o-line,” Britt said Tuesday at NRG Stadium. Source: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/1...
9/11/22	Week 2 waiver wire pickups: Rex Burkhead, Jeff Wilson, and Robbie Anderson are must-adds. After one week of the 2022 regular season is in the books, player values are on the move. Who are the top Week 2 waiver wire pickups and targets? Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/top-waiver-wire...
8/26/22	Rex Burkhead’s fantasy outlook, ADP, and projection for 2022. What is Rex Burkhead's fantasy outlook and projection for 2022, and should you look to draft him at his current ADP? Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/rex-burkheads-f...
8/17/22	Pep Hamilton sees vision, toughness from Texans rookie Dameon Pierce. Heading into kickoff, Pierce said that his feelings ran the gamut because there was so much anticipation building inside him. I got my thoughts together and did what I’ve been doing my whole life, just playing ball, just try to have fun with it,” said Pierce, who got advice from veteran running back Rex Burkhead on how to calm down. Man, if ya’ll only knew what these last 24 hours were like for me. Source: https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2022/08/17/pe...
8/01/22	Rookie "Tough Guy" RB Dameon Pierce impressing the Texans. They prompted the Texans to draft the Florida running back in the fourth round of this year's NFL Draft. But the rookie's questions have made a big impression on a veteran teammate one week into training camp. "He's come up to me on little details, which is huge," 10-year veteran Running Back Rex Burkhead said. Source: https://www.houstontexans.com/news/rookie-tough-gu...
6/22/22	'Hell of a Player': Texans Rookie Kenyon Green Turning Heads. The Texans run game in recent memory has been tough to watch. Running back Rex Burkhead led the Texans with 427 yards rushing to go along with three touchdowns in 2021, which is the worst in franchise history. Although the Texans will need more than just Green to step up to get the run game where it needs to be, the addition of the talented guard is a much-needed move that will benefit the Texans offense in various ways. Source: https://www.battleredblog.com/real-actual-thought-...
4/30/22	Dameon Pierce expected to eventually take over as Texans’ top running back. Dameon Pierce is expected to take over for Rex Burkhead as the lead running back in the Houston Texans' offense. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/dameon-pierce-expected-ev...
3/29/22	Power Rankings Plummet: How Low Can Texans Go?. Though there are some in the media who believe Houston is headed in the right direction long-term, most think 2022 is going to resemble 2021 unless there is drastic improvement via free-agent signings or a powerful draft haul. Says the power rankings: The Texans signed Rex Burkhead to an extension at the end of last season and added Dare Ogunbowale in free agency, but they're in need of an impact back -- which is something they haven't had in several seasons. Source: https://www.kansas.com/sports/nfl/article259917155...

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