2020 - Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Austin Ekeler
RB
, Los Angeles Chargers

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

ADP: 19
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
217	557	3	92	993

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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

Austin Ekeler signs four-year deal with the Chargers

Adam Schefter

Mar 06 · 2:34 PM EST

Chargers and restricted free-agent RB Austin Ekeler reached agreement on a four-year, $24.5 million deal that includes $15 million guaranteed, sources tell ESPN.

Fantasy Impact:

This deal for Ekeler makes him the starter at RB for Los Angeles as they're clearly moving on from Melvin Gordon. The 24-year old finished as RB4 in total PPR points in 2019, amassing 1,550 combined yards on 132 rushes and 92 receptions. He's currently a second-round pick in early best-ball drafts, but could bump up to a first-rounder as we move through the off-season.

Scouting report

by Pete Behnke

· Dec 27, 2019 · 5:22 PM EST

LAC RB Austin Ekeler - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 at Kansas City Chiefs
In Week 16, Melvin Gordon out-snapped Austin Ekeler 37 to 33 and out-touched Ekeler 15 to 9. Ekeler had four rushing attempts for 11 yards, five receptions for 58 yards, and was the half PPR RB28. Gordon finished as the half PPR RB8 while Ekeler finished as the half PPR RB28 because Gordon scored two 1-yard touchdowns.

The Chargers have been out of the playoff picture for quite some time. However, at the time of writing this, the Chargers are likely to play their starters because this could be Rivers’ last game as a Charger.

The blueprint to beating Kansas City is attacking them on the ground. Kansas City is the eleventh worst defense against running backs but the third-best defense against wide receivers, per our signature schedule-adjusted fantasy points allowed metric. 4for4 rankings expert, John Paulsen, has Ekeler ranked as a mid-range half PPR RB2. Ekeler and Gordon have been back-to-back in rankings several times this season, but Ekeler is a couple of spots behind Gordon this week.

2020 Strength of Schedule - LAC

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
27 @CIN	25 KC	32 CAR	1 @TB	3 @NO	11 NYJ	26 @MIA	31 JAX	20 LV	BYE	7 @DEN	17 @BUF	4 NE	9 ATL	20 @LV	7 DEN	25 @KC

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

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	IND	12	58	1	0	4.83	6	96	2	7	16.00	33.4	39.4	48/64	75.0%
2	@DET	17	66	1	1	3.88	6	67	0	6	11.17	17.3	23.3	49/67	73.1%
3	HOU	9	36	0	0	4.00	7	45	0	7	6.43	8.1	15.1	49/75	65.3%
4	@MIA	18	60	1	0	3.33	5	62	1	5	12.40	24.2	29.2	48/67	71.6%
5	DEN	3	7	0	1	2.33	15	86	0	16	5.73	7.3	22.3	46/70	65.7%
6	PIT	5	14	0	0	2.80	3	14	0	4	4.67	2.8	5.8	28/62	45.2%
7	@TEN	5	7	0	0	1.40	7	118	1	8	16.86	18.5	25.5	38/64	59.4%
8	@CHI	3	3	0	0	1.00	2	19	1	3	9.50	8.2	10.2	24/45	53.3%
9	GB	12	70	0	0	5.83	4	23	0	4	5.75	9.3	13.3	24/71	33.8%
10	@LV	6	19	0	0	3.17	2	29	1	2	14.50	10.8	12.8	35/77	45.5%
11	KC	5	24	0	0	4.80	8	108	0	12	13.50	13.2	21.2	46/80	57.5%
12	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	@DEN	9	16	0	0	1.78	4	51	1	5	12.75	12.7	16.7	35/66	53.0%
14	@JAX	8	101	0	0	12.62	4	112	1	5	28.00	27.3	31.3	31/63	49.2%
15	MIN	7	19	0	0	2.71	5	62	0	7	12.40	8.1	13.1	30/62	48.4%
16	LV	4	11	0	0	2.75	5	58	0	6	11.60	6.9	11.9	33/61	54.1%
17	@KC	9	46	0	0	5.11	9	43	0	11	4.78	8.9	17.9	45/77	58.4%
Per game		8.25	34.81	0.19	0.13	4.22	5.75	62.06	0.50	6.75	10.79	13.56	19.31	38.06/66.94	56.79%
Totals		132	557	3	2	4.22	92	993	8	108	10.79	217	309	609/1071	56.79%