Rex Burkhead is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on July 2, 1990 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Tough, bruising running back who was selected in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. In 2017, he joined the New England Patriots and he went on to win Super Bowl LIII with the team.
NFL Pro Bowl running back Mike Rozier also played at Nebraska.
As a freshman at the University of Nebraska in 2009, Burkhead played in nine games, rushing for 346 yards on 81 carries with three touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2010, Burkhead was second on the depth chart behind senior Roy Helu. Burkhead played in all 14 games as the backup, and rushed for 951 yards on 172 carries and seven touchdowns. In 2011, Burkhead took over as the starting running back as a junior. Nebraska had little experience at running back that season, and Burkhead got the majority of the carries, including a school-record 38 carries against the Iowa Hawkeyes. He ended up rushing for 1,357 yards on 284 carries with 15 touchdowns and was named a first team All-Big Ten selection. In 2012, with expectations high, Burkhead sprained his knee in the season opener and missed two games before re-injuring the knee four games later. Burkhead missed six games total in the season, but still finished with five touchdowns and 675 yards on just 98 carries for a 6.9 yard average.
He graduated from Nebraska in three-and-a-half years with bachelor’s degree in history. He 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.
He was born to Rick and Robyn Burkhead. He married Danielle Wiggans in 2014.
