Fomer Bengals Running Back Announces Retirement After 10 Seasons…..
A former running back for Nebraska has declared his intent to leave the National Football League. After ten seasons in the NFL, Rex Burkhead announced his retirement.
During his ten seasons, he was a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, and New England Patriots. During the 2018 season, the Texas native and the Patriots won a Super Bowl.
Burkhead totals 1,908 running yards and 17 rushing touchdowns in his professional career. In addition, he recorded nine touchdowns and 1,534 yards from 192 catches.
The running back played at Nebraska from 2009-2012. He finished his four years with 3,329 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns.
Many were taken aback when Jeff Hafley announced his resignation as Boston College’s head coach in order to take a position as the Packers’ defensive coordinator. However, the truth is that there are only a few outstanding teams in college football now where the head coaching position is better than that of an NFL coordinator.
Hafley pointed out that the primary duties of a head coach are actually more akin to those of an NFL general manager: signing free agents and assessing player personnel. This is because of the introduction of the transfer portal and players’ compensation for their names, photos, and likenesses.
That’s frustrating for coaches because they don’t know if their school is going to be able to provide the kind of NIL money that will attract and keep top players. If you’re a player at a school like Boston College and you play well enough that a Michigan or Ohio State or Alabama or Georgia wants you, you’re probably going to transfer to one of those top-notch programs because those programs can offer you a lot more NIL money, and a better opportunity to showcase yourself playing at the highest level for NFL scouts.
Hafley got tired of spending his time trying to get Boston College donors to set up NIL funds for top players, when he’d rather be coaching football, which is what he’ll do as Packers defensive coordinator.
Hafley said to CBS Sports Network’s Adam Breneman, “Now that I’m the ‘general manger,’ you’re trying to manage ‘the cap,’ and you don’t really know what the cap is, and now you’re fundraising.” “Well, I’d like to be a football coach. Now that it’s back to priorities, I want to coach defense more than I did the previous season. I was able to coach once more. I need to find out how I’m going to coach DBs because I miss doing it.”
With the breakup of the Pac-12, Boston College is currently a member of the ACC, a “Power 4” league formerly known as the “Power 5” conference. However, the truth is that the Big Ten presently only has one “Power 2” in college football.
