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Austin Ekeler
RB
, Washington Commanders

Age: 31
Weight: 200 lbs
Height: 5' 9"
College: Western State (CO)

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Depth Chart Ranking: 3

Pts	RuYds	RuTD	Rec	RecYds
5.4	28	0	2	26

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Panthers place Jonathon Brooks on IR; expected out at least six weeks

Ian Rapoport

Sep 23 · 11:30 AM EDT

Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks, who left Sunday’s win early, is expected to have surgery today to repair a core muscle injury that will land him on Injured Reserve, sources say.

Brooks is out at least 6 weeks, but should return with plenty of time to contribute down the stretch.

Related Players: Chuba Hubbard, A.J. Dillon, Austin Ekeler, Ahmani Marshall

Fantasy Impact:

Brooks can remain stashed in deeper leagues with sufficient IR space. Hubbard should continue handling the overwhelming majority of Carolina’s backfield work, with Dillon serving as the primary reserve. The Panthers also worked out Austin Ekeler on Wednesday, suggesting they may add another experienced option behind Hubbard.

Commanders sign RB Chase Edmonds

Greg Auman on X

Sep 15, 2025 · 12:26 PM EDT

Running back Chase Edmonds, who last played with the Bucs in 2023, is signing to the Commanders' practice squad. Veteran back joins a talented, young backfield after Austin Ekeler's Achilles injury.

Fantasy Impact:

Edmonds played under OC Kliff Kingsbury in Arizona as well, so this move makes some sense for the Commanders. However, Edmonds likely won't make a fantasy impact right away, if at all. Edmonds is expected to still be behind Croskey-Merritt and McNichols, and probably Rodriguez too, who should at least has a chance to be active on game days going forward.

MRI confirms torn Achilles for Austin Ekeler

Ian Rapoport

Sep 13, 2025 · 12:11 PM EDT

The MRI for Commanders running back Austin Ekeler confirmed he did tear his Achilles during Thursday’s game against the Packers.

Fantasy Impact:

Ekeler took to Instagram and said “Thank you for all the love and well wishes. I appreciate you all.” As expected, Ekeler is now out for the rest of the season. Rookie running back Bill Croskey-Merritt and Chris Rodriguez are likely to split most of the work with Ekeler out and Jeremy McNichols is also on the depth chart. But as the first two weeks showed, BCM could up and down each week. Washington is home against the Raiders in Week 3.

Commanders RB Austin Ekeler likely suffers torn Achilles Thursday night

Adam Schefter

Sep 12, 2025 · 8:34 AM EDT

Commanders believe veteran RB Austin Ekeler did in fact tear his Achilles during Thursday night’s loss at Green Bay. Ekeler still needs to undergo imaging that is scheduled Friday for confirmation.

Fantasy Impact:

Rodriguez has been a healthy scratch twice to begin the season and wasn't pegged for the third-down role to begin with, so we should imagine most of the work will go to Croskey-Merritt and McNichols, unless the Commanders bring in another body (which is very possible). For now, JCM should be boosted into legit RB2 consideration based on matchup, while McNichols is somwhere in the RB4/5 range.