Jacory Croskey-Merritt
Washington Commanders·#22·5'11"·208 lb·Rookie·ArizonaJacory Croskey-Merritt has 67 carries for 239 yards, 2 rushing touchdowns and 5 catches for 40 yards in 5 games for the Washington Commanders this season through Week 8, 9 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 4.1 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A late-round running back who already owns the goal line.
The case for
- Led all 2025 NFL rookies in rushing TDs (8); the goal-line role is already his.
- 805 rushing yards on 4.6 YPC across a 17-game rookie season as a 7th-round pick is rare draft-class value.
The worry
- Only 9 career catches; pass-game role does not yet exist, which caps the PPR ceiling.
- Recent game log shows multiple sub-5 PPR weeks; the touch-share consistency is not there yet.
What to watch: Whether Washington commits Anthony Brown-Jenkins or Brian Robinson Jr. snaps to him in 2026; the talent earned year-two opportunity.
Full take and bio
Croskey-Merritt's rookie season at STTM #24 tier 6 from a seventh-round pick is one of the cleanest "late-round hit" stories on the board. He led all rookies in rushing TDs with eight and produced an 805-yard, 4.6 YPC line. The path (zero-star to D2 to NCAA limbo to Day 3 to rookie production) is the underdog case fully realized.
Croskey-Merritt was born in Montgomery, Alabama, was a zero-star recruit at Sidney Lanier, and spent four years at Alabama State, one at New Mexico (1,190 yards and 17 TDs in 2023), and one game at Arizona before an NCAA eligibility dispute ended his college career. The Commanders took him 245th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, and he led all 2025 rookies in rushing TDs with eight.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Steven Jackson, J.J. Johnson, Emmitt Smith. Coming out: Jerome Ford, Ronald Jones II, Jamaal Charles.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 5 starters, 7 backups, 6 didn't stick.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt Injury StatusIR
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is listed on injured reserve (Groin), reported Oct 19, with a return date of Nov 23. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 5 games
9 fantasy points a game, 45 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 9
Our rest-of-season board has Jacory Croskey-Merritt at RB46 (the public consensus says RB51); the model has 65 PPR points left for him this season.
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Draft & College
Round 7, pick 245 to the Washington Commanders in 2025, out of New Mexico (Mountain West). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2023, 11 games: 937 rush yds, 16 TD, 6.2 yds/carry. (partial record) Coming out: RAS 8.29.
Recruited
Class of 2019 · Running back · High school: Lanier, Montgomery, AL
His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2019 class are still being added.