Ezekiel Elliott has been warned he is not going to return to his dominant former self after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed Elliott was being released by the franchise with which the running back has spent each of his seven NFL seasons as a member of. Dallas selected Elliott with the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, and he led the league in rushing yards per game for three successive seasons between 2016 and 2018.
The three-time Pro Bowler also led the NFL in rushing yards on two occasions, in 2016 and 2018. However, he endured a down season in 2022 and became the second-fiddle behind Tony Pollard in the Cowboys’ rushing attack.