Ezekiel Elliott is headed out of Dallas.
The Cowboys minimize ties with the veteran working again on Tuesday after Elliott requested to be launched, the workforce introduced.
“Out of respect and appreciation for Zeke and wanting to provide him with an opportunity to pursue any potential playoff participation possible, we are releasing him from the Cowboys roster today, team owner Jerry Jones said in a statement. As I have said many times previously, Zeke’s impact as one of the greatest to ever play with the Star on their helmet will never change and is etched in our record books and history forever. We thank him, love him and wish him the absolute best.”
Elliott, 29, returned to the Cowboys this season after a one-season stint with the Patriots, dashing for 226 yards on 74 makes an attempt with three touchdowns.
The Ohio State product was drafted No. 4 total by Dallas within the 2016 NFL Draft.
From 2016 to 2022, his first stint with the Cowboys, Elliott made three Professional Bowls whereas working for 8,262 yards, the second-most within the NFL over that interval, with 80 whole touchdowns, which had been third-most.
Elliott’s second tenure with “America’s Team” didn’t go anyplace close to as properly.
In October, Elliott was reportedly “dumbfounded by his lack of opportunities” after enjoying in simply 108 snaps throughout Dallas’ first 5 video games of the 2024 season.
Lower than a month later, Elliott was benched throughout a sport towards the Falcons for disciplinary causes after lacking workforce conferences and repeatedly displaying up late.
Because the season carried on, fourth-year working again Rico Dowdle took on the majority of the carries within the Cowboys’ backfield, dashing for 100-plus yards in 4 of the workforce’s final 5 video games.
Elliott will grow to be a free agent if he clears waivers and will maybe catch on with a playoff workforce in want of a ball service for the postseason run.
