The former Husker running back also discusses the Mike Ekeler effect and the Bo Pelini-Taylor Martinez dust-up during the 2010 Texas A&M game.

Exactly one hour after Saturday's game, reporters awaited Rex Burkhead's arrival in the interview area. Burkhead took longer than usual to emerge from wherever Nebraska football players go after they ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Winning five straight games mostly without him, didn't mean Nebraska doesn't need Rex Burkhead. On a cold and blustery afternoon with a spot in the Big Ten title game on the ...

LINCOLN -- Rex Burkhead didn't need an award to prove he's a quality guy, but he received one. The Husker senior running back was named the 2012 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion on Wednesday.

HBO begins airing its newest season of “Hard Knocks” Tuesday night. The show will follow the Cincinnati Bengals through their training camp. Of particular interest to Nebraska fans will be former ...

LINCOLN - Just look at Rex Burkhead now. Nebraska's 19-year-old I-back is all grown up. He shaved down his high school haircut. Grew a little goatee. Added about 15 pounds to his playing shape from ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rex Burkhead stood just a few feet from the bus that would take him to his final trip home as a Nebraska football player, and you could tell it hurt that he knew it. The Husker senior ...