Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, 27, has ‘very little left in his legs,’ per NFL scouts

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has “very little on his legs,” according to anonymous NFL scouts.

Elliott, who has been displaced by Tony Pollard as the Boys’ starting running back, has struggled to recapture the form of earlier seasons of his career.

The former Ohio State star is set for a big payday of a base salary of $10.9 million in 2023 and will be a salary cap of $16.7 million for the Cowboys, per spotrac.

Athletic’s Bob Sturm he cited numerous analysts and scouts with the “consensus” that Elliott is past his prime.

“He has very little left on his legs and word has gotten out,” Stern said of the general thinking on Elliott.

“I think he has a job option above the league minimum and it’s right here in Dallas.

‘I could be wrong, but if I am, it’s a very low number. Maybe a year for $2 million or $2.5 million.’

Elliott has a contract with the Cowboys through 2026, though Dallas has the option to opt out at the end of the 2023 season, with zero guaranteed money remaining on the initial six-year, $90 million contract.

The 27-year-old signed the big contract in 2019 and has since run for 979, 1002 and 876 respectively in subsequent seasons.

Heading into the 2023 season, Elliott will have the highest salary cap of any running back in the NFL ahead of Tennessee’s Derrick Henry ($16.3 million), New Orleans’ Alvin Kamara ($16 million) and Cleveland’s Nick Chubb ($14 million). ,8).