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Austin Ekeler

Pos: RB5 Team: WSH YoE: 9
Draft: UDFA
Injury Status: H



I. Player News & Analysis


ESPN

RotoWire

Trends


"Ekeler is returning for his ninth NFL season, including his second in Washington. Ekeler played eight full games with Brian Robinson Jr. last season (including the playoffs), with Ekeler handling 5.5 carries and 4.5 targets per game while playing 51% of the snaps. In those eight games, he wasn't much of a fantasy factor (10.0 PPG, clearing 12.8 once), which can somewhat be traced to a nonexistent role near the goal line (zero TDs or carries inside the 5). With Robinson traded, Ekeler's role may increase slightly this season, but that's not a sure thing with rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt in the fold. Ekeler was productive when Robinson was sidelined last season (3 TDs -- all from the 1-yard line -- and 15.4 PPG), so while he's now 30 years old, he has the look of a low-ceiling flex."


"Ekeler went down while running a route in the flat in the fourth quarter of last Thursday's defeat at Green Bay and quickly was ruled out with an Achilles injury. After undergoing the necessary tests, a torn Achilles was confirmed, thereby wiping out the rest of his 2025 campaign. Rookie seventh-rounder Jacory Croskey-Merritt is expected to take on a good portion of the early-down work out of the Commanders backfield moving forward, but Jeremy McNichols and Chris Rodriguez also are on hand for any RB reps that linger."

Austin Ekeler's rushing yards have decreased by 56.77% over the past 8 weeks.

Austin Ekeler's targets have decreased by 46.67% over the past 6 weeks.

Austin Ekeler's rushing attempts have decreased by 42.86% over the past 8 weeks.

Austin Ekeler's rushing yards per attempt has decreased by 48.39% over the past 12 weeks.

Austin Ekeler's rushing attempt share has decreased by 34.88% over the past 8 weeks.


II. Historical Performance



Season

Week

Home

Score

Away

TGT

REC

YD

TD

FUM

YPA

TGT SHARE

2025

2

WSH

18 - 27

GB

4.0

2.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

1.75

0.095

2025

1

NYG

6 - 21

WSH

3.0

3.0

31.0

0.0

0.0

10.33

0.1

2024

18

WSH

23 - 19

DAL

2.0

2.0

20.0

0.0

0.0

10.0

0.065

2024

12

DAL

34 - 26

WSH

3.0

2.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.67

0.079

2024

11

WSH

18 - 26

PHI

9.0

8.0

89.0

0.0

0.0

9.89

0.281

2024

10

PIT

28 - 27

WSH

2.0

1.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

0.059

2024

9

WSH

27 - 22

NYG

4.0

3.0

41.0

0.0

0.0

10.25

0.182

2024

8

CHI

15 - 18

WSH

3.0

2.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.079

2024

7

CAR

7 - 40

WSH

2.0

2.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

0.08

2024

6

WSH

23 - 30

BAL

5.0

4.0

47.0

0.0

0.0

9.4

0.143

2024

5

CLE

13 - 34

WSH

2.0

2.0

30.0

0.0

0.0

15.0

0.071

2024

3

WSH

38 - 33

CIN

2.0

2.0

22.0

0.0

0.0

11.0

0.087

2024

2

NYG

18 - 21

WSH

3.0

3.0

47.0

0.0

0.0

15.67

0.103

2024

1

WSH

20 - 37

TB

4.0

4.0

52.0

0.0

0.0

13.0

0.167

2023

18

KC

13 - 12

LAC

8.0

7.0

38.0

0.0

0.0

4.75

0.17

2023

17

LAC

9 - 16

DEN

2.0

1.0

4.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

0.053

2023

16

BUF

24 - 22

LAC

4.0

3.0

21.0

0.0

0.0

5.25

0.121

2023

15

LAC

21 - 63

LV

6.0

4.0

29.0

0.0

0.0

4.83

0.188

2023

14

DEN

24 - 7

LAC

7.0

5.0

49.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

0.167

2023

13

LAC

6 - 0

NE

3.0

2.0

9.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.081

2023

12

BAL

20 - 10

LAC

6.0

5.0

32.0

0.0

1.0

5.33

0.136

2023

11

LAC

20 - 23

GB

3.0

2.0

6.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

0.083

2023

10

DET

41 - 38

LAC

7.0

4.0

48.0

0.0

0.0

6.86

0.175

2023

9

LAC

27 - 6

NYJ

7.0

2.0

23.0

0.0

0.0

3.29

0.233

2023

8

CHI

13 - 30

LAC

8.0

7.0

94.0

1.0

1.0

11.75

0.2

2023

7

LAC

17 - 31

KC

2.0

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.067

2023

6

DAL

20 - 17

LAC

6.0

4.0

35.0

0.0

0.0

5.83

0.162

2023

1

MIA

36 - 34

LAC

5.0

4.0

47.0

0.0

0.0

9.4

0.152

2022

18

LAC

28 - 31

DEN

4.0

4.0

36.0

0.0

1.0

9.0

0.091

2022

17

LAR

10 - 31

LAC

4.0

4.0

39.0

0.0

0.0

9.75

0.129

2022

16

LAC

20 - 3

IND

4.0

4.0

12.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.129

2022

15

TEN

14 - 17

LAC

3.0

2.0

12.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

0.071

2022

14

MIA

17 - 23

LAC

8.0

8.0

59.0

0.0

0.0

7.38

0.157

2022

13

LAC

20 - 27

LV

6.0

5.0

67.0

0.0

1.0

11.17

0.128

2022

12

LAC

25 - 24

ARI

15.0

11.0

60.0

1.0

0.0

4.0

0.319

2022

11

KC

30 - 27

LAC

2.0

2.0

17.0

0.0

0.0

8.5

0.067

2022

10

LAC

16 - 22

SF

12.0

7.0

39.0

0.0

0.0

3.25

0.324

2022

9

LAC

20 - 17

ATL

8.0

7.0

24.0

1.0

1.0

3.0

0.186

2022

7

SEA

37 - 23

LAC

12.0

12.0

96.0

1.0

0.0

8.0

0.235

2022

6

DEN

16 - 19

LAC

16.0

10.0

47.0

0.0

0.0

2.94

0.281

2022

5

LAC

30 - 28

CLE

4.0

4.0

26.0

1.0

0.0

6.5

0.118

2022

4

LAC

34 - 24

HOU

7.0

6.0

49.0

1.0

0.0

7.0

0.179

2022

3

JAX

38 - 10

LAC

8.0

8.0

48.0

0.0

0.0

6.0

0.178

2022

2

LAC

24 - 27

KC

10.0

9.0

55.0

0.0

0.0

5.5

0.208

2022

1

LV

19 - 24

LAC

4.0

4.0

36.0

0.0

0.0

9.0

0.118

2021

18

LAC

32 - 35

LV

12.0

5.0

35.0

1.0

0.0

2.92

0.188

2021

17

DEN

13 - 34

LAC

3.0

3.0

54.0

0.0

0.0

18.0

0.097

2021

15

KC

34 - 28

LAC

4.0

4.0

23.0

0.0

0.0

5.75

0.103

2021

14

NYG

21 - 37

LAC

4.0

2.0

17.0

0.0

0.0

4.25

0.129

2021

13

LAC

41 - 22

CIN

5.0

5.0

45.0

0.0

2.0

9.0

0.143

2021

12

LAC

13 - 28

DEN

8.0

6.0

68.0

1.0

0.0

8.5

0.182

2021

11

PIT

37 - 41

LAC

7.0

6.0

65.0

2.0

0.0

9.29

0.171

2021

10

MIN

27 - 20

LAC

6.0

3.0

15.0

1.0

0.0

2.5

0.176

2021

9

LAC

27 - 24

PHI

3.0

3.0

23.0

0.0

0.0

7.67

0.079

2021

8

NE

27 - 24

LAC

10.0

6.0

60.0

0.0

0.0

6.0

0.286

2021

6

LAC

6 - 34

BAL

7.0

4.0

48.0

0.0

0.0

6.86

0.179

2021

5

CLE

42 - 47

LAC

5.0

5.0

53.0

1.0

1.0

10.6

0.116

2021

4

LV

14 - 28

LAC

5.0

3.0

28.0

1.0

0.0

5.6

0.128

2021

3

LAC

30 - 24

KC

6.0

6.0

52.0

1.0

0.0

8.67

0.158

2021

2

DAL

20 - 17

LAC

9.0

9.0

61.0

0.0

0.0

6.78

0.22

2021

1

LAC

20 - 16

WSH

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0