Running back Austin Ekeler is being activated from injured reserve and will be ready to play in the regular season finale against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday per NFL insider Ian Rapoport.

Commanders activate veteran running back Austin Ekeler, who was out with a concussion, from injured reserve for Week 18

Sidelined since Week 12, versatile running back Austin Ekeler may be returning ... a second concussion in a Week 12 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, but the team has opened his 21-day practice window.

Washington Commanders' head coach Dan Quinn has provided an update on Austin Ekeler ahead of the Dallas Cowboys matchup in Week 18.

Washington Commanders running back Austin Ekeler (concussion) is officially active for Sunday's Week 18 contest against the Dallas Cowboys. He had been listed as questionable but was widely expected to play after the Commanders activated him from injured reserve on Saturday.

Veteran running back Austin Ekeler was activated from injured reserve by the Washington Commanders on Saturday, according to NFL Network's Tom

The Commanders activated running back Austin Ekeler off injured reserve, giving them a key offensive player back as they prepare for the postseason.

The Washington Commanders activated running back Austin Ekeler off injured reserve Saturday, one day before the regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys. Ekeler has missed the past four games

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Will Washington Commanders running back Austin Ekeler play in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Dallas Cowboys? Ekeler suffered a concussion at the end of Washington's Week 12 loss to Dallas on a kickoff return.

"Austin adds a lot in both run and pass, but it’s his slashing ability. Where, as he’s setting up somebody, he can really put his foot in the ground and really try to break somebody off," said head coach Dan Quinn. "Sometimes the four-yard run can be a 14-yard run because the first person he slashed and made them miss.”

Running back Austin Ekeler faces a matchup against the 29th-ranked rushing defense in the NFL (138.6 yards conceded per game) in Week 18, when his Washington Commanders meet the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.