Austin Ekeler is locked up with the Chargers, at least for the 2023 season.
Los Angeles added $1.75 million in incentives to Ekeler’s contract. He was scheduled to earn $6.25 million this season, which will be his fourth and final year of a $24.5 million deal that he signed in 2020.
Ekeler was granted permission to seek a trade at the start of the offseason because he wanted to be paid like one of the top running backs. However, nothing came out of it after months passed.
Now, Ekeler will get a chance to earn more money and the Bolts will return the do-it-all back for another season. He will be a free agent at the end of the upcoming campaign.
Ekeler, who was signed as an undrafted rookie back in 2017, has run for 34 touchdowns and has caught 29 scores for Los Angeles. He’s amassed 7,125 total yards over that span.