• Career Stats
    RushingReceiving
    YearGPRrsh/ydsaveTDsrec/ydsaveTDsFSV
    202116 2 206/911 4.4 12 70/647 9.2 8 346
    202010 36 116/530 4.6 1 54/403 7.5 2 165
    201916 7 132/557 4.2 3 92/993 10.8 8 313
    201814 27 106/554 5.2 3 39/404 10.4 3 171
    201716 43 47/260 5.5 2 27/279 10.3 3 111
  • (Month:Week)
2021 Stats | LACWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOT
TM Snap % 58% 63% 74% 60% 71% 61% - 75% 67% 71% 70% 68% - 46% 34% - 58% 84% 64%
rshYds 57 54 55 117 66 7 - 64 59 44 50 31 59 67 59 - 58 64 911
rushes 15 9 11 15 17 6 - 11 17 11 11 12 14 12 12 - 17 16 206
rshTDs 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 - 1 1 12
recYds 0 61 52 28 53 48 - 60 23 15 65 68 45 17 23 - 54 35 647
Tar/Rec 0/0 9/9 6/6 5/3 5/5 7/4 - 10/6 3/3 6/3 7/6 8/6 5/5 4/2 4/4 - 3/3 12/5 94/70
TM Tar% 0% 23% 17% 14% 12% 18% - 29% 8% 19% 17% 19% - 13% 11% - 10% 10% 15%
recTDs 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 - 0 1 8
FScore 11 11 16 26 29 5 0 18 8 11 35 15 16 14 14 0 17 21 275
FS/PPR 11 20 22 29 34 9 0 24 11 14 41 21 21 16 18 0 20 26 345
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2020 Stats | LACWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
TM Snap % 68% 57% 72% 6% - - - - - - - 72% 60% 60% 62% 65% 42% 58%
rshYds 84 93 59 12 - - - - - - - 44 36 79 60 45 18 530
rushes 19 16 12 2 - - - - - - - 14 8 15 13 10 7 116
rshTDs 0 0 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
recYds 3 55 84 2 - - - - - - - 85 32 67 19 23 33 403
Tar/Rec 1/1 4/4 11/11 1/1 - - - - - - - 16/11 9/4 9/9 4/4 3/3 7/6 65/54
TM Tar% 3% 13% 23% 4% - - - - - - - 32% 17% 20% 13% 9% 27% 18%
recTDs 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
FScore 8 14 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 14 7 12 11 111
FS/PPR 9 18 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 23 11 15 17 165
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2019 Stats | LACWeek
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOT
rshYds 58 66 36 60 7 14 7 3 70 19 24 - 16 101 19 11 46 557
rushes 12 17 9 18 3 5 5 3 12 6 5 - 9 8 7 4 9 132
rshTDs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 3
recYds 96 67 45 62 86 14 118 19 23 29 108 - 51 112 62 58 43 993
Tar/Rec 7/6 6/6 7/7 5/5 16/15 4/3 8/7 3/2 4/4 2/2 12/8 - 5/4 5/4 7/5 6/5 11/9 108/92
recTDs 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 0 0 8
FScore 33 19 8 24 9 2 18 8 9 10 13 0 12 27 8 6 8 221
FS/PPR 39 25 15 29 24 5 25 10 13 12 21 0 16 31 13 11 17 313
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Austin Ekeler 2022 Outlook
NFL.com put it like this: "Can we quit with the questions about whether Ekeler can handle a full-time workload?" It's a fair question. He's certainly capable of being a workhorse. But is that really desirable? Ekeler openly advocates for limiting his touches to remain healthy for the entire NFL season. Speaking early this offseason, Ekeler -- an avid fantasy football manager -- said, "You can even go ask my management, like, 'Hey, make sure you limit my touches, like you got to make sure I can get through the entire season.'" For the record, last year was his first season of more than 200 carries (12.87 per game). He saw 50 percent of the Chargers' rushing attempts in 2021, a far smaller share than most starting backs. But it's the passing game where Ekeler excels. Last year he commanded a 16 percent target share in LA's offense. The benefits of managing Ekeler's workload are evident: He missed only one game in 2021, posted over 1,500 combo yards, and scored a whopping 20 touchdowns. And the Chargers have said they want to reduce his workload even further in 2022. With Justin Jackson, Joshua Kelley and Larry Rountree III coming up short as complements to Ekeler, incoming rookie Isaiah Spiller could be capable of producing at a level that might limit Ekeler. Nonetheless, you're going to have to expend some high-end draft capital to secure his services.

Austin Ekeler 2021 Outlook
Limited by a hamstring injury suffered in Week 4, Ekeler played in just 10 games in 2020, seeing his production dwindle from 1,550 scrimmage yards in 2019 to 933 last season. Now healthy and entering a new offense under coordinator Joe Lombardi, Ekeler views himself as a chess piece the OC can use, similar to how the Saints get the ball to Alvin Kamara. "I think that's something that I've learned about Joe coming in like this man is going to get his playmakers in space and situations where they can be successful," Ekeler said of the former Saints OC. "I think you see that as far as the running back position with Kamara with the Saints. They would give him the ball any way they could, and he was making plays. And it just depends on me, right?" The backfield in L.A. remains roughly the same as last season, with the do-it-all Ekeler leading the way ahead of Justin Jackson and Joshua Kelley. The club did add Larry Rountree III in the sixth round of the draft. It's a diverse backfield, but Ekeler fits best with how Lombardi prefers to use his backs, particularly in the passing game. If Ekeler stays healthy, expect him to return to his 1,200-plus scrimmage-yard ways.

Austin Ekeler 2020 Outlook
Ekeler agreed to a four-year, $24.5 million deal with the Chargers early this offseason. Of course, as ESPN.com suggested, by letting Melvin Gordon walk the Chargers had already committed to Ekeler, who emerged as a key contributor over the past two seasons -- even if he's not used in a traditional featured role. In case you missed it, in 2019 Ekeler ran 132 times and caught 92 passes while notching 11 overall touchdowns. Among all running backs last season, Ekeler finished at the top in receiving TDs (eight) and second in receptions. Beyond that, he led all NFL players in catches without a drop (92); his 993 yards receiving were 12th most ever by a running back; he had 10 games with five-plus catches, and was one of five running backs with 1,500-plus total yards and 10-plus total TDs. HC Anthony Lynn wants Ekeler to get 15 to 20 touches a game, a trend that should continue in 2020. That'll certainly work for us after Ekeler finished fourth in fantasy points at the position. In fact, Ekeler averaged nearly 27 fantasy points a game over the first four weeks of the season and he finished with six top-5 performances -- tied for third-most in the league among running backs. And, as NFL.com noted, his seven 20-plus point games tied for second with Dalvin Cook, Ezekiel Elliott and Derrick Henry.