Austin Ekeler Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Austin Ekeler
RB
, Los Angeles Chargers

Age: 25
Weight: 195 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 20
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
45.2	248	1	17	144

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by John Paulsen

Ekeler finished the season as the No. 6 running back (half-PPR) after finishing No. 24 the year before. One of the most versatile running backs in the league, he caught 92 of 108 targets for 993 yards and eight touchdowns, so he would have been the No. 14 fantasy receiver if only his receiving numbers counted! Ekeler would probably be going in the first round if not for the quarterback change in L.A. Philip Rivers was known to pepper his running backs with targets, but Tyrod Taylor didn’t generate big receiving seasons for his backs when he started in Buffalo. (LeSean’s high-water mark in Buffalo was 59 catches in 2017.) I’m expecting Ekeler’s receptions to regress a bit, but he’ll still catch enough balls to have a very good shot to finish in the top 10 in PPR and half-PPR formats.

Latest news

Chargers Beat: RB Austin Ekeler not expected back until Week 10

The Athletic

today · 1:32 PM EDT

The Chargers need Austin Ekeler back. He will inject some life into this running game. But based on Anthony Lynn’s comments this week, I would not expect Ekeler back until Week 10 at the absolute earliest.

Related players: Justin Jackson, Joshua Kelley

Fantasy Impact:

Chargers running backs Kelley, Jackson and Troymaine Pope finished with just 47 yards on 18 carries. That is a 2.61 yards-per-carry average, the story said. Jackson and Kelley have not got it done for the Chargers, nor for fantasy owners, but it looks like the Bolts have a few more weeks to deal without Ekeler in the picture.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Oct 02 · 3:12 PM EDT

LAC RB Austin Ekeler - Week 4 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 4 at Tampa Bay

He is alive! The dynamic PPR back we have known Ekeler to be finally showed up last week against Carolina as he caught all his 11 targets for 84 yards and added 59 rushing yards and one touchdown. Ekeler had a strong rushing performance as he has had all season, however, is contribution in the passing game made him third-highest scoring back in PPR leagues in Week 3.

Ekeler’s Week 4 matchup presents different challenges as Tampa Bay has given up the tenth-least fantasy points to RBs this season. Regardless of much, it is evident that with Justin Herbert under center, Ekeler will continue to see a healthy dose of targets put of the backfield which will keep him firmly in the RB1 against the Bucs.

2020 Strength of Schedule - LAC

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
21 @CIN	22 KC	30 CAR	3 @TB	4 @NO	BYE	31 JAX	1 @DEN	29 LV	24 @MIA	27 NYJ	19 @BUF	5 NE	8 ATL	29 @LV	1 DEN	22 @KC

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2020 Game Stats


Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@CIN	19	84	0	0	4.42	1	3	0	1	3.00	8.7	9.7	50/74	67.6%
2	KC	16	93	0	0	5.81	4	55	0	4	13.75	14.8	18.8	47/83	56.6%
3	CAR	12	59	1	0	4.92	11	84	0	11	7.64	20.3	31.3	56/78	71.8%
4	@TB	2	12	0	0	6.00	1	2	0	1	2.00	1.4	2.4	3/53	5.7%
5	@NO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	JAX	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game		12.25	62.00	0.25	0	5.06	4.25	36.00	0	4.25	8.47	11.30	15.55	39.00/72.00	50.41%
Totals		49	248	1	0	5.06	17	144	0	17	8.47	45.2	62.2	156/288	50.41%

Previous Games vs. DEN


Season	Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
2019	13	@DEN	9	16	0	0	1.78	4	51	1	5	12.75	12.7	16.7	35/66	53.03%
2019	5	DEN	3	7	0	1	2.33	15	86	0	16	5.73	7.3	22.3	46/70	65.71%
2018	17	@DEN	8	58	1	0	7.25	0	0	0	1	0.00	11.8	11.8	15/59	25.42%
2018	11	DEN	6	29	0	0	4.83	2	40	0	2	20.00	6.9	8.9	18/77	23.38%
Average			6.50	27.50	0.25	0.25	4.05	5.25	44.25	0.25	6.00	9.62	9.68	14.93	28.50/68.00	41.89%