Austin Ekeler Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Austin Ekeler
RB
, Washington Commanders

Age: 29
Weight: 200 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 96
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
134	628	5	51	436

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Austin Ekeler had 164 yards and a touchdown in Week 1 even though he left early with a high-ankle sprain. He returned in Week 6 and had a run of big games from Week 8 to Week 10, gaining 308 total yards and scoring four touchdowns in that stretch. In his last eight games, he only cleared 75 total yards twice, finishing as the RB29 for the year and the RB23 on a per-game basis. As he enters his age-29 season, he's unlikely to wrest the early-down role from Brian Robinson, but he's likely to operate as the primary pass-catcher out of the Washington backfield.

Latest news

Commanders to sign RB Austin Ekeler to a two-year deal

Tom Pelissero

Mar 11 · 7:00 PM EDT

Veteran RB Austin Ekeler is signing with the Commanders on a two-year deal worth up to $11.43 million.

Related Players: Brian Robinson, Chris Rodriguez

Fantasy Impact:

The Brian Robinson bellcow role lasted about two hours, but the Commanders backs have company now. Ekeler had clearly lost a step last season, but a veteran pass-catching presence in the backfield will be an obvious plus. Ekeler should carve out a role that puts him in RB2 conversation, while Robinson holds onto a goal-line role that makes him almost as fantasy viable.

Scouting report

by Neil Dutton

· Jul 24 · 12:08 PM EDT

WAS RB Austin Ekeler - 2024 Fantasy Football Outlook

Austin Ekeler had been a player fantasy managers could set their watches by several seasons as a member of the Chargers, with three top 12 RB finishes (including the overall RB1 in 2022) in seven seasons. But the bottom fell out in 2023, with Ekeler posting career lows in yards per attempt (3.5), receptions per game (3.6), and yards per target (5.9). He was the overall RB26 in Half PPR formats.

There isn't a lot of hope that Ekeler will be able to return to his glory days with Washington in 2024. The offense might not be able to get into as many goal-line situations as Ekeler found himself in during 2021-2022, and there is the ever-present fear of a mobile quarterback simply taking off and running rather than checking down to his running back. Ekeler looks like a player who could post solid, if not particularly flashy, RB3 numbers in 2024.

2024 Strength of Schedule - WAS

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
4 @TB	27 NYG	15 @CIN	30 @ARI	16 CLE	1 @BAL	20 CAR	6 CHI	27 @NYG	22 PIT	8 @PHI	23 DAL	19 TEN	BYE	24 @NO	8 PHI	10 ATL	23 @DAL

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	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
1	MIA	16	117	1	0	7.31	4	47	0	5	11.75	22.4	24.40	26.4	41/81	50.6%
O Injury Details (w2) Status: Out Injury: Ankle 2	@TEN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w3) Status: Out Injury: Ankle 3	@MIN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w4) Status: Out Injury: Ankle 4	LV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q Injury Details (w5) Status: Questionable Injury: Ankle 5	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	DAL	14	27	0	0	1.93	4	35	0	6	8.75	6.2	8.20	10.2	50/73	68.5%
7	@KC	14	45	0	0	3.21	1	1	0	2	1.00	4.6	5.10	5.6	40/63	63.5%
8	CHI	15	29	0	1	1.93	7	94	1	8	13.43	16.3	19.80	23.3	46/69	66.7%
9	@NYJ	14	47	2	0	3.36	2	23	0	7	11.50	19.0	20.00	21.0	39/58	67.2%
10	DET	19	67	1	0	3.53	4	48	0	7	12.00	17.5	19.50	21.5	50/72	69.4%
11	@GB	10	64	0	1	6.40	2	6	0	3	3.00	5.0	6.00	7.0	46/65	70.8%
12	BAL	10	32	0	1	3.20	5	32	0	6	6.40	4.4	6.90	9.4	53/66	80.3%
13	@NE	14	18	0	0	1.29	2	9	0	3	4.50	2.7	3.70	4.7	35/61	57.4%
14	DEN	10	51	1	0	5.10	5	49	0	7	9.80	16.0	18.50	21.0	49/68	72.1%
15	@LV	5	9	0	0	1.80	4	29	0	6	7.25	3.8	5.80	7.8	26/65	40.0%
16	BUF	15	65	0	0	4.33	3	21	0	4	7.00	8.6	10.10	11.6	45/70	64.3%
17	@DEN	13	46	0	1	3.54	1	4	0	2	4.00	3.0	3.50	4.0	47/65	72.3%
18	KC	10	11	0	0	1.10	7	38	0	8	5.43	4.9	8.40	11.9	63/83	75.9%
Per game			12.79	44.86	0.36	0.29	3.51	3.64	31.14	0.07	5.29	8.55	9.60	11.42	13.24	45.00/68.50	65.64%
Totals			179	628	5	4	3.51	51	436	1	74	8.55	134.4	159.9	185.4	630/959	65.64%

Austin Ekeler