Austin Ekeler Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Austin Ekeler
RB
, Los Angeles Chargers

Age: 26
Weight: 195 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 20
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
111.3	530	1	54	403

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Draft note

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 (quad) active for TNF

Daniel Popper on Twitter

Dec 17, 2020 · 7:01 PM EST

Los Angeles Chargers star running back Austin Ekeler is officially active for Thursday Night Football against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Fantasy Impact:

Ekeler is fresh off a 146 yards from scrimmage performance against the Atlanta Falcons and could be leaned on in the passing game with Mike Williams and Keenan Allen dealing with injury issues. Ekeler hauled in all nine of his targets in Week 14 and could see a similar workload against the Raiders. Ekeler is our third ranked running back for Week 15.

Scouting report

by Richard Mejia

· Jan 01 · 3:32 PM EST

LAC RB Austin Ekeler - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 at Kansas City

Ekeler had a fine day last week against the Denver Broncos as he carried the ball 10 times for 45 yards and caught all three of his targets for 23 yards and a touchdown. Ekeler is clearly not at 100% healthy, but he still managed to salvage his fantasy game with a score.

This week Ekeler takes on the Kansas City Chiefs who are ranked 22nd in aFPA to RBs this season. With the Chargers to play without Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry once again, Ekeler will once again be leaned to carry the offensive load. Even at less-than-ideal health, Ekeler is still a strong RB1 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	24 KC	6 CAR	4 @TB	5 @NO	BYE	28 JAX	30 @DEN	26 LV	3 @MIA	8 NYJ	20 @BUF	23 NE	2 ATL	26 @LV	30 DEN	24 @KC

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

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	@DEN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	LV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	@MIA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	NYJ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	@BUF	14	44	0	0	3.14	11	85	0	16	7.73	12.9	23.9	60/83	72.3%
13	NE	8	36	0	0	4.50	4	32	0	9	8.00	6.8	10.8	43/72	59.7%
14	ATL	15	79	0	0	5.27	9	67	0	9	7.44	14.6	23.6	44/73	60.3%
15	@LV	13	60	0	0	4.62	4	19	0	4	4.75	7.9	11.9	41/66	62.1%
16	DEN	10	45	0	0	4.50	3	23	1	3	7.67	12.8	15.8	37/57	64.9%
17	@KC	7	18	0	0	2.57	6	33	1	7	5.50	11.1	17.1	30/71	42.3%
Per game		11.60	53.00	0.10	0	4.57	5.40	40.30	0.20	6.50	7.46	11.13	16.53	41.10/71.00	56.32%
Totals		116	530	1	0	4.57	54	403	2	65	7.46	111.3	165.3	411/710	56.32%