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Neil Rackers

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Neil Rackers recorded 180 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 12 rostered seasons with HST, Houston Texans, ARZ, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals.

▶Best highlights

0.2

tackles/gm

8

playoff games

12

indexed seasons

180

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Neil Rackers's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XLIII
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
FEB 1, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals

Super Bowl XLIII · Feb 1, 2009

0/0 FG · 0 long · 3 XP

Divisional Round
2008
ARIZONACARDINALS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
JAN 10, 2009

Arizona Cardinals vs Carolina Panthers

Divisional Round · Jan 10, 2009

4/5 FG · 49 long · 3 XP

Wild Card
2008
ATLANTAFALCONS
ARIZONACARDINALS
JAN 3, 2009

Atlanta Falcons vs Arizona Cardinals

Wild Card · Jan 3, 2009

0/1 FG · 0 long · 4 XP

Divisional Round
2011
HOUSTONTEXANS
BALTIMORERAVENS
JAN 15, 2012

Houston Texans vs Baltimore Ravens

Divisional Round · Jan 15, 2012

2/3 FG · 40 long · 1 XP

Wild Card
2011
CINCINNATIBENGALS
HOUSTONTEXANS
JAN 7, 2012

Cincinnati Bengals vs Houston Texans

Wild Card · Jan 7, 2012

1/1 FG · 39 long · 4 XP

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Neil Rackers's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 6 field goals made

Regular Season
2005
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
OCT 2, 2005

San Francisco 49ers vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Oct 2, 2005

6/6 FG · 48 long · 1 XP

Career high: 57-yard longest field goal

Regular Season
2010
HOUSTONTEXANS
DENVERBRONCOS
DEC 26, 2010

Houston Texans vs Denver Broncos

Regular Season · Dec 26, 2010

3/3 FG · 57 long · 2 XP

Career high: 3 field goals from 50+ yards

Regular Season
2004
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
ARIZONACARDINALS
OCT 24, 2004

Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Oct 24, 2004

3/3 FG · 55 long · 2 XP

Career high: 6 extra points made

Wild Card
2009
GREEN BAYPACKERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
JAN 10, 2010

Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals

Wild Card · Jan 10, 2010

1/2 FG · 23 long · 6 XP

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Neil Rackers's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

01
CINRACKERS—Neil Rackers
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

02
ARIRACKERS—Neil Rackers
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

2004–2012

03
ARIRACKERS—Neil Rackers
ARIFITZGERALD11Larry Fitzgerald
ARIWARNER13Kurt Warner

A Hall of Fame receiver carries Arizona to the Super Bowl

Arizona Cardinals · Fitzgerald and the impossible run

Warner's revival and Fitzgerald's extraordinary 2008 postseason sent the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl and within one late drive of a championship.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

04
HOURACKERS—Neil Rackers
HOUJOHNSON80Andre Johnson
HOURYANS59DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Franchise era

2011–2016

05
HOURACKERS—Neil Rackers
HOUWATT99J.J. Watt
HOUFOSTER23Arian Foster

Defense brings January football to Houston

Houston Texans · Watt and the first playoff teams

Wade Phillips's defense and Foster's zone running produced consecutive division titles, while Watt became the era's defining defensive player.

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Career accomplishments

First-team All-Pro · 2005Pro Bowl selection · 200512 NFL seasons180 career games-5 career rushing yards33 career solo tacklesDrafted by: CINDraft pick: 169Jersey: 48 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 10, 2000Most recent: Jan 15, 2012

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history