Rex Burkhead (born July 2, 1990) is an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Nebraska and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. After four seasons with the Bengals, Burkhead spent his next four seasons with the New England Patriots, where he appeared in consecutive Super Bowls and won Super Bowl LIII. Burkhead joined the Texans in 2021.
He was considered the ninth or tenth-best running back prospect for the 2013 NFL Draft and was ranked in the top 150 overall.
He graduated from Nebraska in three-and-a-half years with a 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.
Rex Burkhead’s family, wife, children, parents, siblings
He was born toRick and Robyn Burkhead. He married Danielle Wiggans in 2014 but there’s no information as to whether the pair are still together or not. Burkhead’s siblings’ details are not in the public eye yet.
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