Running back Rex Burkhead worked out for teams last year, but never landed on a roster and he won't be making another attempt to play during the 2024 season. Burkhead announced his retirement on ...

Veteran running back Rex Burkhead is calling it a career after 10 NFL seasons. The former Bengals, Patriots and Texans running back, who did not play this past season, announced his retirement on ...

The Raiders have taken a look at some veteran running backs. Las Vegas worked out both Rex Burkhead and Damien Williams, according to the Tuesday transaction wire. Burkhead has plenty of familiarity ...

Legendary Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday.Burkhead, who won Super Bowl LIII with the New England Patriots, first thanked his parents, his brother, ...

Andy and Bri Hoffman just wanted five minutes of Rex Burkhead’s time. The more than 200 miles they had to drive from their home in Atkinson, Neb., to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln was nothing.

Few teams in the NFL have made as smart a use of versatile running back rotations as the New England Patriots, who are set to restore the franchise staple after selecting a true speedster in the 2025 ...

For an entire childhood through his four years at the local high school, Rex Burkhead made a name on the fields and courts around Plano, Texas. He earned a reputation there for wanting to play one ...

My favorite Rex Burkhead play came in the rain. It was that game against Ohio State in 2011 – the one where Nebraska was down 27-6, then Lavonte David took a football away, and Braxton Miller limped ...

LARARMIE, Wyo. -- It is not supposed to look that easy, people. Rex Burkhead just made it seem that way Saturday. Which run to pick from? Oh, how about this one? The one early in the fourth quarter of ...

Perhaps it's just a bluff. Maybe Nebraska is deliberately sending out signals that running back Rex Burkhead will be a workhorse in the offense this season. Yes, "workhorse." That's how the Huskers' ...