Austin Ekeler is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Ekeler in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Ekeler's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Austin Ekeler

Top 17% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -24% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2021 Team Carrier · #143

Height5'10"

Career Value · VORP

90 career value over replacement — #1304 all-time of 4,695. 11.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2017	22	LAC	16	—	2.3	47	260	2	5.5	4.3	12	25.5	1	35	27	279	3	77.1%	10.3	8.0	—	12	195	18.1%	—	0.0%	209	48.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23	LAC	14	—	4.9	106	554	3	5.2	2.8	25	23.6	0	53	39	404	3	73.6%	10.4	7.6	—	18	348	42.1%	—	0.0%	174	45.9%	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	24	LAC	16	—	9.8	132	557	3	4.2	2.3	32	24.2	1	108	92	993	8	85.2%	10.8	9.2	—	42	599	56.6%	—	0.0%	4	1.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	25	LAC	10	—	3.3	116	530	1	4.6	0.9	26	22.4	0	65	54	403	2	83.1%	7.5	6.2	—	20	412	56.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	26	LAC	16	—	10.8	206	911	12	4.4	5.8	53	25.7	0	94	70	647	8	74.5%	9.2	6.9	—	31	731	64.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	27	LAC	17	—	11.4	204	915	13	4.5	6.4	46	22.5	2	127	107	722	5	84.3%	6.7	5.7	—	37	734	61.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	28	LAC	14	—	1.0	179	628	5	3.5	2.8	34	19.0	2	74	51	436	1	68.9%	8.5	5.9	—	21	630	65.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	29	WAS	12	—	4.1	77	367	4	4.8	5.2	19	24.7	0	41	35	366	0	85.4%	10.5	8.9	—	14	409	52.7%	—	0.0%	56	17.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	30	WAS	2	—	—	14	43	0	3.1	0.0	3	21.4	0	7	5	38	0	71.4%	7.6	5.4	—	2	69	49.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	31	WAS	3	—	0.0	8	31	0	3.9	0.0	2	25.0	0	5	4	30	0	80.0%	7.5	6.0	—	2	30	15.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	120	—	47.6	1,089	4,796	43	4.4	3.9	252	23.1	6	609	484	4,318	30	79.5%	8.9	7.1	—	199	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

100thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·2

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 90 · #1304 · High-Value

Worth 90 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 29% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.3

Avg surplus

peak +19

8 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 90