Rex Burkhead

RB · CIN/NE/HOU · 2014–2022

Born July 2, 1990 · College Nebraska · Drafted 2013, round 6, pick 190 (CIN) · 5-10, 215 lb

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2014	CIN	7	9	27	1	3.00	+0.005	−0.120−0.184 to −0.056	11.1	+0.0	−0.05
2014 playoffs	CIN	1	1	23	0	23.00	+1.480		100.0	+1.5	+0.03
2015	CIN	15	4	4	0	1.00	−2.230	−0.150−0.214 to −0.086	25.0	−8.9	−0.16
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	1	4	0	4.00	−0.151		0.0	−0.2	−0.00
2016	CIN	12	74	344	2	4.65	+0.113	−0.090−0.151 to −0.029	51.4	+8.3	+0.38
2017	NE	10	64	264	5	4.12	+0.005	−0.118−0.180 to −0.057	38.5	+0.3	+0.02
2017 playoffs	NE	2	4	23	0	5.75	+0.194		50.0	+0.8	+0.01
2018	NE	8	57	186	0	3.26	−0.221	−0.122−0.184 to −0.060	25.9	−12.8	−0.13
2018 playoffs	NE	3	23	96	3	4.17	−0.065		39.1	−1.5	+0.08
2019	NE	13	65	302	3	4.65	−0.032	−0.115−0.176 to −0.054	42.0	−2.2	−0.09
2019 playoffs	NE	1	3	4	0	1.33	−0.481		0.0	−1.4	−0.04
2020	NE	10	67	274	3	4.09	+0.041	−0.065−0.126 to −0.004	51.5	+2.8	+0.16
2021	HOU	15	122	427	3	3.50	−0.057	−0.088−0.147 to −0.029	38.7	−7.0	+0.49
2022	HOU	15	26	80	0	3.08	−0.278	−0.097−0.160 to −0.033	40.7	−7.5	−0.40
Career	HOU	105	488	1,908	17	3.91	−0.054		40.8	−27.0	+0.22

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2014	CIN	7	10	7	49	0	70.0	−0.250	4.6	1.3	−2.5	+0.01
2014 playoffs	CIN	1	3	3	34	0	100.0	+0.369	8.8	4.3	+1.1	+0.05
2015	CIN	15	15	10	94	1	66.7	−0.104	3.3	11.0	−1.6	+0.08
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	1	1	5	0	100.0	−0.693	2.6	-1.0	−0.7	−0.02
2016	CIN	12	20	17	145	0	85.0	+0.133	4.8	0.8	+2.7	+0.06
2017	NE	10	36	30	254	3	83.3	+0.362	10.0	3.1	+13.0	+0.23
2017 playoffs	NE	2	2	1	46	0	50.0	+1.110	2.3	1.0	+2.2	+0.04
2018	NE	8	20	14	131	1	70.0	−0.252	7.7	2.1	−5.0	+0.00
2018 playoffs	NE	3	7	7	45	0	100.0	+0.272	5.6	0.7	+1.9	+0.07
2019	NE	13	38	27	279	0	71.1	−0.132	8.2	3.2	−5.0	−0.00
2019 playoffs	NE	1	3	3	32	0	100.0	+1.056	8.6	-2.3	+3.2	+0.07
2020	NE	10	33	25	192	3	75.8	+0.025	11.5	0.9	+0.8	+0.02
2021	HOU	15	32	25	186	0	78.1	+0.111	6.8	1.6	+3.5	−0.06
2022	HOU	15	51	37	204	1	72.5	−0.468	10.4	1.5	−23.9	−0.83
Career	HOU	105	255	192	1,534	9	75.3	−0.070	7.5	2.5	−18.0	−0.50

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2014	CIN	7	5	0
2015	CIN	15	11	0
2015 playoffs	CIN	1	1	0
2016	CIN	12	13	1
2017	NE	10	4	0
2018	NE	8	3	0
2018 playoffs	NE	3	1	0
2019	NE	13	5	0
2019 playoffs	NE	1	1	0
2021	HOU	15	2	0
2022	HOU	15	2	0
Career	HOU	105	45	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	CIN	11	236	31.3	1	1.5
2017	NE	10	192	27.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	NE	2	12	9.0	–	–
2018	NE	8	151	28.1	–	–
2018 playoffs	NE	3	58	23.6	–	–
2019	NE	13	261	29.3	1	1.4
2019 playoffs	NE	1	11	18.0	–	–
2020	NE	10	269	41.5	–	–
2021	HOU	16	374	37.4	–	–
2022	HOU	16	258	26.2	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	51	76.5	0	0.0	3	66.7

Game logs

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs IND	T 20–20 OT	14	40	−4.1	8	5	30	0	−1.5	0
2	2022-09-18	@ DEN	L 9–16	0	0	0.0	3	2	9	0	−1.5	0
3	2022-09-25	@ CHI	L 20–23	3	9	−1.1	5	4	21	0	−5.2	0
4	2022-10-02	vs LAC	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	5	5	39	1	+3.5	0
5	2022-10-09	@ JAX	W 13–6	3	15	+1.2	3	2	13	0	−2.3	0
7	2022-10-23	@ LV	L 20–38	2	8	+0.7	6	5	11	0	−3.3	0
8	2022-10-30	vs TEN	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	−0.8	0
9	2022-11-03	vs PHI	L 17–29	1	9	+0.3	2	1	6	0	+0.3	0
10	2022-11-13	@ NYG	L 16–24	1	2	−1.1	2	2	28	0	+1.3	0
12	2022-11-27	@ MIA	L 15–30	0	0	0.0	2	1	5	0	−0.5	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DAL	L 23–27	2	-3	−3.4	1	1	5	0	−0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	vs KC	L 24–30 OT	0	0	0.0	4	2	17	0	−1.5	0
16	2022-12-24	@ TEN	W 19–14	0	0	0.0	2	2	7	0	−1.7	1
17	2023-01-01	vs JAX	L 3–31	0	0	0.0	5	3	10	0	−8.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ IND	W 32–31	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	−2.7	1

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	−0.1	0
3	2021-09-23	vs CAR	L 9–24	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	−0.6	0
4	2021-10-03	@ BUF	L 0–40	1	-1	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.6	1
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2021-10-31	vs LA	L 22–38	4	21	1	+2.1	4	3	27	+1.4	0
9	2021-11-07	@ MIA	L 9–17	2	9	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	18	40	0	−3.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	12	27	0	−2.5	3	3	27	+1.8	0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	8	30	0	−2.8	2	1	15	+1.3	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	11	40	0	−1.1	4	4	26	+0.7	0
15	2021-12-19	@ JAX	W 30–16	16	41	0	−4.3	3	1	6	−1.6	0
16	2021-12-26	vs LAC	W 41–29	22	149	2	+9.1	2	2	0	−0.1	0
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	16	47	0	−3.4	6	6	32	−0.8	0
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	12	24	0	−0.0	4	3	42	+2.0	0

2020 game log (10 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2020-09-13	vs MIA	W 21–11	7	32	0	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
2	2020-09-20	@ SEA	L 30–35	6	2	0	−5.3	6	4	47	0	+1.7
3	2020-09-27	vs LV	W 36–20	6	49	2	+6.8	10	7	49	1	−2.3
4	2020-10-05	@ KC	L 10–26	11	45	0	−1.3	1	1	5	0	−0.1
6	2020-10-18	vs DEN	L 12–18	5	14	0	−1.5	0	0	0	0	0.0
7	2020-10-25	vs SF	L 6–33	4	12	0	−1.1	4	3	35	0	+1.5
8	2020-11-01	@ BUF	L 21–24	6	26	0	+2.0	1	1	5	0	−0.4
9	2020-11-09	@ NYJ	W 30–27	12	56	1	+2.6	3	3	11	0	−0.8
10	2020-11-15	vs BAL	W 23–17	6	31	0	+1.5	5	4	35	2	+2.5
11	2020-11-22	@ HOU	L 20–27	4	7	0	−2.3	3	2	5	0	−1.4

2019 game log (14 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	8	44	0	−1.0	8	5	41	+0.2	0
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	5	21	0	−0.5	2	2	47	+3.2	0
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	11	47	1	−1.1	7	6	22	−2.1	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	−0.5	2
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	3	4	0	−0.7	1	1	9	+0.7	1
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	4	18	0	−0.7	2	1	16	−2.1	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	5	14	0	−0.5	3	2	34	+1.3	0
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	2	3	0	−1.0	5	2	14	−1.9	0
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	3	15	0	−0.1	1	0	0	−0.8	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	7	15	0	−2.0	1	0	0	−1.5	2
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	6	53	1	+3.6	2	2	6	−0.7	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	5	20	1	+0.6	4	4	77	−1.0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	6	48	0	+1.2	1	1	6	+0.2	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	3	4	0	−1.4	3	3	32	+3.2	1

2018 game log (11 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs HOU	W 27–20	18	64	0	−3.1	3	1	5	0	−1.3	0
2	2018-09-16	@ JAX	L 20–31	6	22	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ DET	L 10–26	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	26	0	+1.4	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	7	20	0	−2.5	2	2	21	0	+1.1	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	4	2	0	−3.9	2	1	3	0	−1.2	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	4	25	0	+1.1	3	3	18	0	+1.1	1
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	13	39	0	−3.2	5	4	40	0	−7.7	1
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	5	14	0	−0.6	2	1	18	1	+1.6	1
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	4	12	1	+0.6	1	1	7	0	+0.0	1
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	12	41	2	−1.4	4	4	23	0	+0.8	0
P21	2019-02-03	@ LA	W 13–3	7	43	0	−0.7	2	2	15	0	+1.1	0

2017 game log (12 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-07	vs KC	L 27–42	3	15	0	+0.2	3	1	8	0	−0.3	0
2	2017-09-17	@ NO	W 36–20	2	3	0	−1.1	4	3	41	1	+3.2	0
7	2017-10-22	vs ATL	W 23–7	6	31	0	+1.6	1	1	11	0	+0.7	2
8	2017-10-29	vs LAC	W 21–13	4	15	0	−2.2	7	7	68	0	+3.7	1
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	10	36	0	+1.5	3	3	27	1	+2.6	0
11	2017-11-19	@ LV	W 33–8	5	16	0	−0.6	6	4	21	0	+0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs MIA	W 35–17	13	50	1	−3.6	2	2	3	1	+0.4	0
13	2017-12-03	@ BUF	W 23–3	12	78	2	+4.8	4	3	25	0	+1.6	1
14	2017-12-11	@ MIA	L 20–27	5	8	1	−1.2	5	5	45	0	+1.8	0
15	2017-12-17	@ PIT	W 27–24	4	12	1	+0.9	1	1	5	0	−0.6	0
P20	2018-01-21	vs JAX	W 24–20	1	5	0	+0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
P21	2018-02-04	vs PHI	L 33–41	3	18	0	+0.7	1	1	46	0	+2.9	0

2016 game log (12 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2016-09-18	@ PIT	L 16–24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
6	2016-10-16	@ NE	L 17–35	2	16	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2016-10-23	vs CLE	W 31–17	4	23	0	+0.3	1	1	10	+1.7	2
8	2016-10-30	vs WAS	T 27–27 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2016-11-14	@ NYG	L 20–21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
11	2016-11-20	vs BUF	L 12–16	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	14	+0.8	2
12	2016-11-27	@ BAL	L 14–19	5	29	0	+0.4	2	2	19	+0.7	0
13	2016-12-04	vs PHI	W 32–14	8	38	0	+0.0	5	4	28	−0.9	1
14	2016-12-11	@ CLE	W 23–10	9	45	0	+1.8	2	1	6	−0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	vs PIT	L 20–24	7	32	0	+1.6	3	2	18	−0.8	0
16	2016-12-24	@ HOU	L 10–12	12	42	0	−0.9	4	4	25	−0.9	1
17	2017-01-01	vs BAL	W 27–10	27	119	2	+5.5	2	2	25	+2.1	0

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ LV	W 33–13	0	0	0.0	1	1	24	0	+2.8	0
2	2015-09-20	vs LAC	W 24–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	0	−0.5	0
3	2015-09-27	@ BAL	W 28–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	2015-10-04	vs KC	W 36–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	27	0	+1.6	2
5	2015-10-11	vs SEA	W 27–24 OT	1	-2	−8.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2015-10-18	@ BUF	W 34–21	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2015-11-05	vs CLE	W 31–10	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.4	1
10	2015-11-16	vs HOU	L 6–10	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
11	2015-11-22	@ ARI	L 31–34	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.1	0
12	2015-11-29	vs LA	W 31–7	2	4	−0.5	2	2	4	0	−4.2	0
13	2015-12-06	@ CLE	W 37–3	1	2	+0.0	2	1	4	0	−1.5	0
14	2015-12-13	vs PIT	L 20–33	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	1	+1.5	0
15	2015-12-20	@ SF	W 24–14	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2015-12-28	@ DEN	L 17–20 OT	0	0	0.0	1	1	8	0	+0.9	1
17	2016-01-03	vs BAL	W 24–16	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	−2.0	2
P18	2016-01-09	vs PIT	L 16–18	1	4	−0.2	1	1	5	0	−0.7	1

2014 game log (8 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2014-10-12	vs CAR	T 37–37 OT	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2014-11-02	vs JAX	W 33–23	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	10	−6.0	1
10	2014-11-06	vs CLE	L 3–24	4	12	0	−1.5	4	2	3	−1.3	0
11	2014-11-16	@ NO	W 27–10	2	1	0	−0.9	3	3	36	+4.9	0
15	2014-12-14	@ CLE	W 30–0	3	14	1	+2.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2014-12-22	vs DEN	W 37–28	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2014-12-28	@ PIT	L 17–27	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P18	2015-01-04	@ IND	L 10–26	1	23	0	+1.5	3	3	34	+1.1	0