Austin Ekeler

RB · LAC/WAS · 2017–2026

Born May 17, 1995 · College Western State · Undrafted · 5-10, 200 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2024)

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	LAC	14	47	260	2	5.53	+0.004	−0.122−0.184 to −0.060	46.8	+0.2	−0.27
2018	LAC	14	106	554	3	5.23	+0.049	−0.088−0.148 to −0.029	45.0	+5.3	−0.13
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	11	29	0	2.64	−0.438		36.4	−4.8	−0.07
2019	LAC	16	132	557	3	4.22	−0.100	−0.120−0.178 to −0.062	36.5	−13.7	−0.33
2020	LAC	10	116	530	1	4.57	−0.097	−0.080−0.139 to −0.021	35.0	−11.4	+0.24
2021	LAC	16	206	911	12	4.42	−0.033	−0.063−0.119 to −0.008	43.7	−7.0	+0.33
2022	LAC	17	204	915	13	4.49	−0.035	−0.060−0.115 to −0.004	41.5	−7.4	+0.19
2022 playoffs	LAC	1	13	35	2	2.69	−0.070		30.8	−0.9	+0.01
2023	LAC	14	179	628	5	3.51	−0.245	−0.136−0.193 to −0.079	33.5	−44.5	−0.74
2024	WAS	12	77	367	4	4.77	+0.033	−0.079−0.140 to −0.018	43.0	+2.6	+0.12
2024 playoffs	WAS	3	22	89	0	4.05	−0.193		27.3	−4.3	+0.20
2025	WAS	2	14	43	0	3.07	−0.083	−0.083−0.147 to −0.019	35.7	−1.2	−0.01
2026	WAS	5	24	83	0	3.46	−0.215	−0.115−0.179 to −0.052	29.2	−5.2	−0.08
Career	WAS	120	1,105	4,848	43	4.39	−0.073		39.7	−82.3	−0.68

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	LAC	14	35	27	279	3	77.1	+0.131	7.0	1.1	+4.6	+0.21
2018	LAC	14	53	39	404	3	73.6	+0.255	12.3	0.8	+13.5	+0.40
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	9	7	33	0	77.8	+0.010	11.8	1.4	+0.1	+0.01
2019	LAC	16	108	92	993	8	85.2	+0.384	18.7	1.3	+41.5	+0.86
2020	LAC	10	65	54	403	2	83.1	+0.196	17.4	-1.2	+12.7	+0.41
2021	LAC	16	94	70	647	8	74.5	−0.018	15.0	1.8	−1.7	−0.02
2022	LAC	17	127	107	708	5	84.3	+0.099	18.5	-0.8	+12.6	+0.19
2022 playoffs	LAC	1	4	2	8	0	50.0	−0.825	9.5	-2.5	−3.3	−0.05
2023	LAC	14	74	51	424	1	68.9	−0.180	14.7	-1.1	−13.3	−0.18
2024	WAS	12	41	35	366	0	85.4	+0.337	12.0	-1.4	+13.8	+0.28
2024 playoffs	WAS	3	15	12	84	0	80.0	−0.634	13.9	1.7	−9.5	−0.02
2025	WAS	2	7	5	38	0	71.4	+0.033	10.1	1.7	+0.2	−0.03
2026	WAS	5	8	6	48	0	75.0	+0.368	5.2	-2.5	+2.9	+0.05
Career	WAS	120	612	486	4,310	30	79.4	+0.142	14.4	0.1	+86.8	+2.17

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2017	LAC	14	19
2018	LAC	14	9
2020	LAC	10	1
2022	LAC	17	4
2023	LAC	14	1
Career	WAS	120	34

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2024	2nd-team All-Pro

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	LAC	13	193	22.8	1	1.9
2018	LAC	14	339	40.5	2	1.7
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	58	43.3	–	–
2019	LAC	16	595	57.0	–	–
2020	LAC	10	408	58.3	–	–
2021	LAC	16	720	64.9	–	–
2022	LAC	17	730	62.3	–	–
2022 playoffs	LAC	1	45	65.2	–	–
2023	LAC	14	627	66.0	–	–
2024	WAS	12	403	53.0	–	–
2024 playoffs	WAS	3	108	48.9	–	–
2025	WAS	2	69	51.5	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	127	92.9	3	2.5	12	58.3
2023	74	77.0	3	5.3	3	0.0
2024	41	92.7	3	7.9	0	–
2025	7	71.4	0	0.0	1	0.0
2026	8	87.5	1	14.3	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
4	2026-10-04	vs IND	L 13–30	4	29	+1.7	2	1	11	+0.7
5	2026-10-11	vs NYG	T 27–27 OT	3	-1	−2.0	1	1	15	+1.6
6	2026-10-19	@ SF	L 17–23	1	3	−0.3	2	2	4	−0.8
8	2026-11-01	vs PHI	W 27–10	8	36	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0
9	2026-11-08	vs LA	L 13–20	8	16	−3.3	3	2	18	+1.4

2025 game log (2 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	vs NYG	W 21–6	6	26	0	−0.2	3	3	31	0	+2.6
2	2025-09-11	@ GB	L 18–27	8	17	0	−0.9	4	2	7	0	−2.4

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2024-09-08	@ TB	L 20–37	2	10	0	+0.4	4	4	52	+2.6
2	2024-09-15	vs NYG	W 21–18	8	38	0	−0.7	3	3	47	+4.5
3	2024-09-23	@ CIN	W 38–33	3	35	1	+3.1	2	2	22	+2.1
5	2024-10-06	vs CLE	W 34–13	6	67	0	+4.5	2	2	30	+2.4
6	2024-10-13	@ BAL	L 23–30	9	21	0	−3.0	5	4	47	+1.6
7	2024-10-20	vs CAR	W 40–7	4	17	0	−1.9	2	2	3	−1.9
8	2024-10-27	vs CHI	W 18–15	7	52	0	−1.8	3	2	6	−1.1
9	2024-11-03	@ NYG	W 27–22	11	42	1	+2.7	4	3	41	+3.0
10	2024-11-10	vs PIT	L 27–28	13	44	2	+3.2	2	1	7	−1.4
11	2024-11-14	@ PHI	L 18–26	2	7	0	−1.0	9	8	89	+2.0
12	2024-11-24	vs DAL	L 26–34	9	22	0	−3.3	3	2	2	−2.1
18	2025-01-05	@ DAL	W 23–19	3	12	0	+0.4	2	2	20	+2.2
P19	2025-01-12	@ TB	W 23–20	8	27	0	+1.2	4	3	26	−2.1
P20	2025-01-18	@ DET	W 45–31	6	47	0	+0.4	4	4	41	+2.0
P21	2025-01-26	@ PHI	L 23–55	8	15	0	−5.9	7	5	17	−9.4

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs MIA	L 34–36	16	117	1	+4.8	5	4	47	0	+2.1	0
6	2023-10-16	vs DAL	L 17–20	14	27	0	−6.6	6	4	35	0	+0.1	0
7	2023-10-22	@ KC	L 17–31	14	45	0	−2.4	2	1	1	0	−1.4	0
8	2023-10-29	vs CHI	W 30–13	15	29	0	−10.4	8	7	94	1	+1.7	0
9	2023-11-06	@ NYJ	W 27–6	14	47	2	−1.3	7	2	23	0	−1.8	0
10	2023-11-12	vs DET	L 38–41	19	67	1	−0.9	7	4	48	0	−0.7	0
11	2023-11-19	@ GB	L 20–23	10	64	0	−4.4	3	2	6	0	−1.2	0
12	2023-11-26	vs BAL	L 10–20	10	32	0	+2.4	6	5	18	0	−4.5	0
13	2023-12-03	@ NE	W 6–0	14	18	0	−5.8	3	2	9	0	−0.8	0
14	2023-12-10	vs DEN	L 7–24	10	51	1	+2.4	7	5	49	0	+1.7	1
15	2023-12-14	@ LV	L 21–63	5	9	0	−6.8	6	4	29	0	−7.0	0
16	2023-12-23	vs BUF	L 22–24	15	65	0	−1.0	4	3	23	0	−0.4	0
17	2023-12-31	@ DEN	L 9–16	13	46	0	−6.2	2	1	4	0	−0.8	0
18	2024-01-07	vs KC	L 12–13	10	11	0	−8.3	8	7	38	0	−0.4	0

2022 game log (18 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs LV	W 24–19	14	36	0	−7.6	4	4	36	0	+4.0	0
2	2022-09-15	@ KC	L 24–27	14	39	0	−1.4	10	9	55	0	−0.7	0
3	2022-09-25	vs JAX	L 10–38	4	5	0	−4.1	8	8	48	0	−0.3	0
4	2022-10-02	@ HOU	W 34–24	13	60	2	+1.3	7	6	49	1	+3.1	0
5	2022-10-09	@ CLE	W 30–28	16	173	1	+11.6	4	4	26	1	+2.7	0
6	2022-10-17	vs DEN	W 19–16 OT	14	36	1	−4.1	16	10	47	0	−3.6	0
7	2022-10-23	vs SEA	L 23–37	9	31	1	−5.2	12	12	96	1	+6.4	0
9	2022-11-06	@ ATL	W 20–17	14	47	1	−3.2	8	7	24	1	−1.0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ SF	L 16–22	6	24	0	−0.5	12	7	39	0	−0.9	1
11	2022-11-20	vs KC	L 27–30	19	83	1	+0.1	2	2	17	0	+0.6	0
12	2022-11-27	@ ARI	W 25–24	5	20	0	−0.3	15	11	60	1	−0.1	0
13	2022-12-04	@ LV	L 20–27	10	35	0	−1.7	6	5	53	0	−3.4	0
14	2022-12-11	vs MIA	W 23–17	15	45	1	−1.0	8	8	59	0	−0.1	0
15	2022-12-18	vs TEN	W 17–14	12	58	1	+3.2	3	2	12	0	−0.9	1
16	2022-12-26	@ IND	W 20–3	18	67	2	+1.4	4	4	12	0	−0.3	0
17	2023-01-01	vs LA	W 31–10	10	122	2	+10.0	4	4	39	0	+1.7	0
18	2023-01-08	@ DEN	L 28–31	11	34	0	−6.0	4	4	36	0	+5.3	2
P19	2023-01-14	@ JAX	L 30–31	13	35	2	−0.9	4	2	8	0	−3.3	0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	@ WAS	W 20–16	15	57	1	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0
2	2021-09-19	vs DAL	L 17–20	9	54	0	−1.4	9	9	61	0	+0.1
3	2021-09-26	@ KC	W 30–24	11	55	0	+0.5	6	6	52	1	+4.9
4	2021-10-04	vs LV	W 28–14	15	117	1	+8.7	5	3	28	1	+1.8
5	2021-10-10	vs CLE	W 47–42	17	66	2	+4.8	5	5	53	1	+0.4
6	2021-10-17	@ BAL	L 6–34	6	7	0	−3.9	7	4	48	0	−2.3
8	2021-10-31	vs NE	L 24–27	11	64	1	+2.0	10	6	60	0	−3.1
9	2021-11-07	@ PHI	W 27–24	17	59	0	−4.4	3	3	23	0	+0.5
10	2021-11-14	vs MIN	L 20–27	11	44	0	−1.0	6	3	15	1	−1.8
11	2021-11-21	vs PIT	W 41–37	11	50	2	−2.5	7	6	65	2	+5.1
12	2021-11-28	@ DEN	L 13–28	12	31	0	−2.3	8	6	68	1	−4.7
13	2021-12-05	@ CIN	W 41–22	14	59	1	−0.6	5	5	45	0	−8.9
14	2021-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–21	12	67	1	+1.4	4	2	17	0	+0.0
15	2021-12-16	vs KC	L 28–34 OT	12	59	1	+2.2	4	4	23	0	+0.2
17	2022-01-02	vs DEN	W 34–13	17	58	1	−4.2	3	3	54	0	+5.8
18	2022-01-09	@ LV	L 32–35 OT	16	64	1	−5.7	12	5	35	1	+0.2

2020 game log (10 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ CIN	W 16–13	19	84	0	−1.9	1	1	3	0	−0.2	0
2	2020-09-20	vs KC	L 20–23 OT	16	93	0	+1.8	4	4	55	0	+4.6	0
3	2020-09-27	vs CAR	L 16–21	12	59	1	−1.2	11	11	84	0	+3.8	1
4	2020-10-04	@ TB	L 31–38	2	12	0	+0.9	1	1	2	0	−0.5	0
12	2020-11-29	@ BUF	L 17–27	14	44	0	−3.9	16	11	85	0	−0.2	0
13	2020-12-06	vs NE	L 0–45	8	36	0	−1.3	9	4	32	0	−2.6	0
14	2020-12-13	vs ATL	W 20–17	15	79	0	+0.9	9	9	67	0	+2.6	0
15	2020-12-17	@ LV	W 30–27 OT	13	60	0	−3.0	4	4	19	0	+0.7	0
16	2020-12-27	vs DEN	W 19–16	10	45	0	−2.7	3	3	23	1	+1.4	0
17	2021-01-03	@ KC	W 38–21	7	18	0	−1.1	7	6	33	1	+3.1	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	vs IND	W 30–24 OT	12	58	1	+0.4	7	6	96	2	+6.6
2	2019-09-15	@ DET	L 10–13	17	66	1	−5.9	6	6	67	0	+2.8
3	2019-09-22	vs HOU	L 20–27	9	36	0	−0.2	7	7	45	0	+0.5
4	2019-09-29	@ MIA	W 30–10	18	60	1	+0.9	5	5	62	1	+6.1
5	2019-10-06	vs DEN	L 13–20	3	7	0	−0.7	16	15	86	0	−2.0
6	2019-10-13	vs PIT	L 17–24	5	14	0	−1.3	4	3	14	0	−1.5
7	2019-10-20	@ TEN	L 20–23	5	7	0	−2.0	8	7	118	1	+9.7
8	2019-10-27	@ CHI	W 17–16	3	3	0	−3.8	3	2	19	1	+1.6
9	2019-11-03	vs GB	W 26–11	12	70	0	+2.8	4	4	23	0	+0.0
10	2019-11-07	@ LV	L 24–26	6	19	0	−1.0	2	2	29	1	+3.8
11	2019-11-18	vs KC	L 17–24	5	24	0	−1.0	12	8	108	0	+0.7
13	2019-12-01	@ DEN	L 20–23	9	16	0	−4.4	5	4	51	1	+1.1
14	2019-12-08	@ JAX	W 45–10	8	101	0	+4.8	5	4	112	1	+11.4
15	2019-12-15	vs MIN	L 10–39	7	19	0	−3.2	7	5	62	0	+0.3
16	2019-12-22	vs LV	L 17–24	4	11	0	−0.5	6	5	58	0	+0.6
17	2019-12-29	@ KC	L 21–31	9	46	0	+1.5	11	9	43	0	−0.2

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs KC	L 28–38	5	39	0	+2.7	5	5	87	1	+6.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ BUF	W 31–20	11	77	0	+2.1	3	3	21	0	+0.2	0
3	2018-09-23	@ LA	L 23–35	4	47	0	+1.6	3	3	24	0	−1.9	0
4	2018-09-30	vs SF	W 29–27	8	25	0	−3.2	3	2	31	1	+3.5	1
5	2018-10-07	vs LV	W 26–10	6	15	0	+1.3	3	1	44	1	+2.8	2
6	2018-10-14	@ CLE	W 38–14	7	60	0	+2.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2018-10-21	vs TEN	W 20–19	12	42	0	−0.7	7	5	26	0	−1.8	0
9	2018-11-04	@ SEA	W 25–17	3	21	0	+0.4	2	1	13	0	+0.3	0
10	2018-11-11	@ LV	W 20–6	3	19	0	−2.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	5
11	2018-11-18	vs DEN	L 22–23	6	29	0	−0.9	2	2	40	0	+2.6	0
12	2018-11-25	vs ARI	W 45–10	5	35	1	+3.3	11	10	68	0	+2.9	0
13	2018-12-02	@ PIT	W 33–30	13	21	0	−4.6	8	5	22	0	−1.7	0
14	2018-12-09	vs CIN	W 26–21	15	66	1	+2.2	5	2	28	0	+1.2	0
17	2018-12-30	@ DEN	W 23–9	8	58	1	+0.8	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
P18	2019-01-06	@ BAL	W 23–17	11	29	0	−4.8	4	4	14	0	−0.4	0
P19	2019-01-13	@ NE	L 28–41	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	19	0	+0.5	0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	@ DEN	L 21–24	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	0	+1.5	1
2	2017-09-17	vs MIA	L 17–19	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2017-09-24	vs KC	L 10–24	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	−0.1	0
4	2017-10-01	vs PHI	L 24–26	1	35	1	+3.6	2	2	23	0	−0.4	2
5	2017-10-08	@ NYG	W 27–22	4	0	0	−2.4	6	3	28	0	−1.3	1
6	2017-10-15	@ LV	W 17–16	1	1	0	−0.5	2	1	8	0	+1.1	2
7	2017-10-22	vs DEN	W 21–0	7	38	0	+1.2	4	4	6	1	−0.6	1
8	2017-10-29	@ NE	L 13–21	2	8	0	−0.0	1	1	13	0	+0.6	1
10	2017-11-12	@ JAX	L 17–20 OT	10	42	0	−3.0	5	5	77	2	+8.6	4
11	2017-11-19	vs BUF	W 54–24	6	40	1	+2.2	2	2	18	0	+0.7	0
12	2017-11-23	@ DAL	W 28–6	6	15	0	−0.9	3	3	55	0	+0.1	0
13	2017-12-03	vs CLE	W 19–10	4	19	0	+0.1	3	2	21	0	−0.4	0
14	2017-12-10	vs WAS	W 30–13	4	49	0	−0.7	3	0	0	0	−1.9	5
15	2017-12-16	@ KC	L 13–30	2	13	0	+0.5	1	1	6	0	−3.5	1