Austin Ekeler 2026 stats

Updated

Not on the Week 8 official injury report.

#30 · RB · Washington Commanders · 2026 regular season

Is Austin Ekeler playing in Week 8?

Kickoff Sun Nov 1, 7:20 PM CT · NBC

Not on this week's official injury report

Fantasy: Last 3: 12 touches · 5 targets · 10.1 PPR (3.4 a game) · season 3.4 PPR a game

5'10" · 200 lbs · 31 years old · Western State · 10th season

At a glance: 2026: 31 rushing yards and 0 TDs in 3 games.

Austin Ekeler has 31 rushing yards in 3 games, under the mark to be ranked among running backs (6.25 carries per team game).

Official sources, timestamped

Usage

Austin Ekeler's usage, the season and the last three games he played
Austin EkelerSeasonWeeks 4–6Last 3Weeks 4–6
Targets55
Target share5%5%
Air yards (average depth of target)-12 (-2.4)-12 (-2.4)
Carries88
Share of team carries12%12%
Red-zone touches (share of team red-zone plays)3 (16%)3 (16%)
Goal-to-go touches00
Carries on 1st and 2nd down100%100%
Targets on 3rd down0%0%

Counted from nflverse's play-by-play, in the games he played: target share is his targets over his team's pass attempts; the red zone is inside the opponent's 20; goal-to-go is nflverse's flag; the down rows are shares of his own carries and targets. Source: nflverse play-by-play.

Data through Week 7's games, from nflverse player stats; nflverse last published it .

  • 31Yards rushing
  • 8Carries
  • 3.9Yards per carry
  • 0TD rushing
  • 4Catches

Rushing yards by week

−10 0 15 30 Week 4: 29 Week 5: −1 Week 6: 3 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 −10 0 15 30 Week 4: 29 Week 5: −1 Week 6: 3 1 2 3 4 5 6

Stats

  • Games with a stat3
  • Yardsrushing31
  • Carries8
  • Yardsper carry3.9
  • TDrushing0
  • EPAper carry−0.07
  • Targets5
  • Share ofteam targets2.7%
  • Catches4
  • Yardsreceiving30
  • Air yards−12

Games with a stat: the games where nflverse's official box score credits him with a stat; a game he played without one is not counted. Tackles are NFL.com's combined tackles: this season every tackle credited, special teams included; past seasons NFL.com's final counts (solo tackles plus assists, special-teams assists not counted).

Fantasy points

Standard and PPR scoring · computed from official stats · Weeks 4–6 (3 games with a stat)

  • Per gamePPR / standard3.4 / 2.0
  • Best / median / worstPPR5.0 / 2.7 / 2.4
  • Season pointsPPR / standard10.1 / 6.186th among RBs in PPR points
Austin Ekeler's fantasy points in each game
WeekPPRPPR points as a barStandard
Week 45.04.0
Week 52.41.4
Week 62.70.7

Points are stat math, not advice. Points are counted by us from nflverse's player stats in standard scoring (0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, 6 per rushing or receiving touchdown, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, -2 per interception or fumble lost, 2 per two-point conversion); PPR adds 1 per catch. Source: nflverse player stats.

Game log

Austin Ekeler, every 2026 regular-season game
GameResultCarriesYardsrushingTDrushingTargetsCatchesYardsreceivingPPRpointsOpp. rankallowed to RBs
Week 4 vs ColtsL 13–30429021115.010th
Week 5 vs GiantsT 27–27 OT3−1011152.415th
Week 6 at 49ersL 17–231302242.710th

PPR points: the game's fantasy points, one point a catch. Opp. rank: where that week's opponent stood among the 32 defenses in average PPR points allowed to RBs, over its games through that week (1st = the most allowed).

Career stats · rushing

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Austin Ekeler's career rushing, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statAttYdsY/ATD
2023LAC141796283.55
2024WAS12773674.84
2025WAS214433.10
2026WAS38313.90
Since 2023312781,0693.89

Career stats · receiving

Regular season · nflverse. One row per season; a season split between teams lists both.

Austin Ekeler's career receiving, one row per season
SeasonTeamGames with a statTargetsRecYdsTD
2023LAC1474514361
2024WAS1241353660
2025WAS275380
2026WAS354300
Since 202331127958701

Injury status

Week 6 report: No game status · Limited in practice (not on the Week 8 report)

The latest entry for Austin Ekeler on the official NFL injury report, as nflverse publishes it (updated Thu, Oct 29 · 9:07 AM CT).

This season's injury and status history

Missed 0 of 6 games this season (officially Out, Inactive or on a reserve list); 3 more with no box-score line and no official status stored

Official sources only, newest week first: the team's game-day inactives list, else the week's official injury report, else an official reserve-list move. Played or not is from the box score; a week with no box-score line and no official status says only that.

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