Joe Mixon

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2017 NFL Draft (48th overall) ... Signed with the Bengals on June 2, 2017...Signed contract extension with Bengals on September 2, 2020...Re-signed with the Bengals on July 14, 2023...Acquired via trade by the Houston Texans from the Cincinnati Bengals on March 14, 2024.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2017 NFL Draft (48th overall) ... Signed with the Bengals on June 2, 2017...Signed contract extension with Bengals on September 2, 2020...Re-signed with the Bengals on July 14, 2023...Acquired via trade by the Houston Texans from the Cincinnati Bengals on March 14, 2024.

CAREER:

• A Bengals second-round draft selection in 2017, Mixon was the team's lead back in each of his six seasons
• One of 10 active NFL players with 5000 career rushing yards, a milestone he surpassed in historic 2022 performance in Game 9 vs. Carolina; that day, he set Bengals single-game records for total TDs (five) and total points (30), while totaling career-high 211 yards from scrimmage (153 rushing, 58 receiving)
• His four rushing TDs tied HB Corey Dillon for most in a game in team history and were most in a game by any player in 2022
• Became one of three players in Super Bowl era with at least four rushing TDs and one receiving TD in a game
• Has 14 100-yard rushing games, tied for fifth-most in team history
• Had best statistical season of career in 2021, with career highs in carries (292, ranked third in NFL), rushing yards (1205, third) and rushing TDs (13, fourth)
• One of Cincinnati's top performers in postseason, he has 106 rushing attempts for 425 yards (both team records) and two TDs; and in Super Bowl LVI, he threw a six yard TD pass on first career passing attempt
• One of four Bengals all-time with three or more 1000-yard rushing seasons, along with Corey Dillon (six), Cedric Benson (three), James Brooks (three) and Rudi Johnson (three)

2023 (Cincinnati (17/17):

• Played in 15 games with 12 starts and finished with 11 receptions for 55 yards and two touchdowns while rushing five times for 3 yards and a touchdown
• In the Week 3 win vs. Jacksonville (9/24), returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the final minutes of the third quarter, becoming the first fullback to record a kick return touchdown since Jaguars FB Derrick Wimbush in 2005
• Beck (255) is the heaviest player to return a kick over 50 yards for a touchdown
• In Week 8 at Carolina (10/29), had two carries and one rushing touchdown, the first rushing score of his career and the first time a Texans fullback has rushed for a touchdown since Vonta Leach in Week 16 at Oakland on 12/21/08
• Found the end zone via a 1-yard touchdown reception from QB Davis Mills in Week 16 vs. Cleveland (12/24), finishing with two catches for six yards
• Recorded two receptions for nine yards in the Week 18 win at Indianapolis (1/6), including a 1-yard touchdown pass from QB C.J. Stroud in the second quarter
• Started at fullback in the AFC Wild Card win vs. Cleveland (1/13), marking his first postseason start
• Started at fullback in the Divisional Round at Baltimore (1/20)

2022 (Cincinnati 14/14, 3/3):

• Started 14 regular-season games and all three postseason contests for Cincinnati
• Suffered a concussion in Game 10 at Pittsburgh, and was inactive for next two games
• Rushed for 814 yards on 210 attempts (3.9 average), with seven TDs during regular season
• Also set career highs in receptions (60) and receiving yards (441), with two TD grabs
• Posted 145 scrimmage yards (82 rushing, 63 receiving) in season opener vs. Pittsburgh
• On Nov. 6 against Carolina, totaled a career-high 211 scrimmage yards (153 rushing, 58 receiving), with five total TDs (four rushing, one receiving) to lead Bengals to 42-21 win; Set single-game team records for total TDs and points accounted for (30), while four rushing TDs tied HB Corey Dillon's team record
• In just the first half of Carolina game, had 15 carries for 113 yards (7.5 average) and three TDs
• Rushed 14 times for 96 yards on Dec. 11 vs. Cleveland, including 40-yarder in the third quarter that led to Bengals FG
• Recorded 39 carries for 163 yards (4.2 avg.) and a TD during postseason
• Netted 105 rushing yards on 20 attempts (5.3 avg.), with a one yard TD in Divisional Playoff at Buffalo; yardage total marked a postseason career high and third-most rushing yards ever in a Bengals postseason game.

2021 (Cincinnati 16/16, 4/4):

• Started 16 regular-season games and all four postseason games for Cincinnati, as Bengals won AFC Championship and advanced to Super Bowl LVI
• Missed regular-season finale while on Reserve/COVID-19
• Posted career-high rushing totals in attempts (292), yards (1205) and TDs (13), as well as 42 catches for 314 yards and three TDs (tied career high)
• Third in the NFL in rushing attempts and yards, fourth in rushing TDs
• His 13 rushing TDs in the regular season were fourth-most in team history, and 16 total TDs were tied for second-most in team history
• Nine straight games with a TD (Games 4-12) tied for second-longest streak in team history, six straight (Games 7-12) with a rushing TD tied for the longest in team history, and four straight with multiple TDs (Games 8-11) was the longest such streak in team history
• Rushed for 127 yards and a TD on 29 carries in season opener vs. Minnesota
• Posted back-to-back 100-yard games, on Nov. 21 at Las Vegas (123 yards, two TDs) and on Nov. 28 vs. Pittsburgh (career-high 165, two TDs)
• Rushed 67 times for 262 yards and a TD in four postseason games
• Posted 100-plus yards from scrimmage in Divisional Playoff at Tennessee (103) and AFC Championship at Kansas City (115)
• Rushed 15 times for 72 yards (4.8 avg.) in Super Bowl LVI vs. L.A. Rams, and threw a six-yard TD pass to WR Tee Higgins on a trick play in the second quarter.

2020 (Cincinnati 6/6):

• Limited to just six games (all starts) by a right foot injury
• Rushed for 428 yards on 119 attempts (3.6), with three rushing TDs, along with 21 catches for 138 yards and one TD
• Rushed 25 times for season-high 151 yards and two TDs on Oct. 4 vs. Jacksonville, and added six catches for 30 yards and another TD
• Suffered injury in Game 6, Oct. 18 at Indianapolis; inactive for next three contests before being placed on Reserve/Injured on Nov. 21

2019 (Cincinnati 16/15):

• Played in all 16 games (15 starts)
• Rushed for 1137 yards on 278 attempts (4.1), with five rushing TDs
• Caught 35 passes for 287 yards and three TDs
• Gained 817 of his 1137 rushing yards (72 percent) in final eight games
• Totaled 186 yards from scrimmage on Dec. 8 at Cleveland, the most by a Bengal since 2016; rushed for 146 yards on 23 carries (6.3), while scoring a TD, and added 40 yards on three receptions
• On Dec. 15 vs. New England, rushed 25 times for 136 yards
• Posted then-career high 162 rushing yards and two TDs in season finale vs. Cleveland

2018 (Cincinnati 14/13):

• Played in 14 games (13 starts)
• Inactive Games 3-4 with a knee injury
• Rushed for AFC-best 1168 yards, making him the first Bengals player ever to lead the AFC in rushing in a season (RB Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing in 1968)
• Totaled 149 yards on Sept. 9 at Indianapolis (95 rushing, 54 receiving), and had a rushing TD
• Totaled 115 yards (93 rushing, 22 receiving) in return to action Oct. 7 vs. Miami, after missing previous two games with knee injury; receiving TD was first of his career
• Rushed 21 times for 123 yards and two TDs on Oct. 28 vs. Tampa Bay, good for his first career multi-TD performance
• Totaled season-high 155 yards (89 rushing, 66 receiving) on Nov. 25 vs. Cleveland
• Recorded season-highs in rushes (27) and rushing yards (129) on Dec. 16 vs. Oakland, and had two rushing TDs
• Rushed for 105 yards on 13 carries (season-high 8.1 average) in season finale at Pittsburgh

2017 (Cincinnati 14/7):

• Played in 14 games (seven starts) as a rookie
• Inactive for Games 13-14 (concussion)
• Led team in rushing yards (626) carries (178), and rushing TDs (four)
• Added 30 catches for 287 yards (9.6)
• Had first career game of at least 100 yards from scrimmage (101) on Sept. 24 at Green Bay, with 62 yards rushing and 39 yards receiving
• Recorded first career rushing TD Oct. 8 at Buffalo, giving Bengals the lead in the fourth quarter
• Had a season-high 91 receiving yards on Oct. 29 vs. Indianapolis
• On Nov. 26 vs. Cleveland, recorded season highs in rushing yards (114) and carries (23), while adding one rushing TD

COLLEGE:

• Played in 25 games over two seasons of action at Oklahoma (2015-16), rushing for 2027 yards on 300 carries (6.8), with 17 TDs, while sharing backfield with OU's all-time rushing leader, Samaje Perine
• Also caught 65 passes for 894 yards (13.8) and nine TDs, along with a passing TD and kickoff return TD
• As a sophomore in 2016, named first-team All-Big 12 after rushing for team-high 1274 yards on 187 attempts (6.8), with 10 TDs, and caught 37 passes (second on team) for 538 yards (second on team) and five TDs
• Averaged 6.8 yards per carry, the fourth-best single-season mark in Sooners history
• Became first player in school history, and only FBS player in 2016, to register TDs via pass, rush, reception and KOR in a single season
• Set OU single-season record in 2016 for all-purpose yards (2331) and all purpose yards per game (194.3)

PERSONAL:

• Hometown is Oakley, Calif. (Bay area)
• Attended Freedom High School in Oakley, where he rushed for 1704 yards and 23 TDs as a high school senior
• Played in 2014 U.S. Army High School All American Game
• Also played basketball and ran track in high school
• He's the youngest of six children
• Hosts an annual football camp in his hometown of Oakley
• Has hosted summer football camps for children in Cincinnati
• African-American studies major at Oklahoma