Source: Commanders RB Ekeler has torn Achilles

Washington Commanders moving backmost Austin Ekeler suffered a torn close Achilles and volition miss the remainder of the season, a root told ESPN connected Saturday.

The quality was anticipated aft Ekeler exited Washington's 27-18 nonaccomplishment to Green Bay successful the 4th fourth Thursday night.

"Thank you each for the emotion and good wishes. I admit you all," Ekeler wrote successful an Instagram story Saturday.

Ekeler ran a way with 5:50 remaining successful the crippled and fell to the crushed without immoderate contact. He needed to beryllium helped disconnected the tract earlier being carted to the locker room. Ekeler exited the locker country with a walking footwear and connected crutches and was intelligibly dejected.

"That volition beryllium significant," Washington manager Dan Quinn said aft the game. "He provides a batch of unsocial things for us."

It's a important stroke to Washington's discourtesy arsenic Ekeler served arsenic the superior backmost -- though the Commanders don't person 1 ascendant rusher -- and excelled connected 3rd downs and successful the dispersed packages.

Last season, Ekeler rushed for 367 yards and gained different 366 receiving. Quinn besides perpetually pointed retired his enactment successful the moving backs country arsenic good arsenic with the discourtesy successful general.

The Commanders person 3 different moving backs connected their roster successful rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt, seasoned Jeremy McNichols and third-year Chris Rodriguez, who was inactive the archetypal 2 games but had a beardown grooming campy and preseason.

Washington traded seasoned Brian Robinson Jr. to the San Francisco 49ers for a sixth-round draught prime past month.

Ekeler spent his archetypal 7 seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, making their roster arsenic an undrafted escaped agent.