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Running back Rex Burkhead announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday in a post to social media.
“I’ve been blessed to be able to play the game of football for 26 years and looking back there are many people I would like to thank,” Burkhead wrote, proceeding to note his parents; his wife, Danielle; his two children; his coaches; ownership and support staff; his teammates; and fans.
Burkhead, 33, played for three teams over 10 seasons, last appearing in an NFL game in 2022.
Drafted in the sixth round out of Nebraska in 2013 by the Cincinnati Bengals, Burkhead had 3,442 total yards and 26 touchdowns in his career.
He signed as a free agent with the New England Patriots in 2017 and set a career best with eight touchdowns that season (5 rushing, 3 receiving), and helped the franchise win a Super Bowl to cap the 2018 campaign when he scored three touchdowns that postseason. He finished his career with the Houston Texans after signing with the team in 2021, setting a career best in rushing yards that season with 427.
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LAS VEGAS — The San Francisco 49ers held their first on-field activity of the week at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Monday. It won’t be their last.
According to players, the surface was a little bit soft as they went through their walk-through, but 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said at Super Bowl opening night that the team does not intend to alter where or how it will practice this week.
“It is what it is,” Shanahan said. “We’ll be all right. It’s the field we got. We’re good.”
Earlier Monday morning, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that members of the Niners organization did not care for the playing surface at UNLV. In anticipation of the 49ers using the fields this week, the NFL installed a sod field on top of the current field turf surface. Sources told Schefter that the sod field was installed just last week though the NFL normally requires Super Bowl practice fields to meet certain standards in December and that the NFL hardness score for fields averages 78 with no field’s score being less than 70. The Niners’ field for the week landed somewhere in the 50s.
