Chase Edmonds

Career StatsC

Year	Team	GP	Yards	TD	YPC
Career		83	1,972	11	4.4
2025		3	—	—	—
2023		13	176	0	3.6
2022		13	245

Season	Team	GP	Att	Yds	TD	YPC	Grade
2023		13	—	176	0	3.6	F F Bottom 5%
2022		13	—	245	2	3.6	F F Bottom 5%
2021		12	—	592	2	5.1	D D Bottom 20%
2020		16	—	448	1	4.6	F F Bottom 5%
2019		13	—	303	4	5.1	D- D- Bottom 12%
2018		16	—	208	2	3.5	F F Bottom 5%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Chase Edmonds' contract earns a B- Contract Value Index, with the AAV sitting where the comparable-tier deals tend to settle. At $795K on a one-year deal, the CVI reflects realistic market pricing for a 30-year-old veteran back in a depth role — the contract itself is structured appropriately for his career stage and current leverage, even if the salary floor tells you everything about his standing in the league hierarchy. His 2025 season production of three games played underscores why he's operating at this price point; minimal opportunity and limited output have erased any residual bargaining power from his seven prior seasons. Running back is a position where youth and athleticism command premium dollars, and at 30 years old without a secured roster spot, Edmonds occupies the journeyman reserve tier — experienced enough to mentor and contribute situationally, but no longer a contributor teams are building around. The media narrative frames him as a stable veteran who remains engaged with the league off the field, yet his free agent status and lack of a new deal underline that the market has pricing him accurately: a low-cost, veteran depth piece whose contract reflects zero risk to any team willing to sign him, but also zero upside potential. With just one year on the table, there's no cap dead weight or long-term commitment risk — this is a purely short-term, minimize-exposure deal for a player whose window has firmly closed.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the B band — a quick read on where Chase's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Among RBs on Free Agent, Chase Edmonds' output grades to a C performance level. At 30 years old and seven seasons into his NFL career, Edmonds retains the technical foundation of a capable depth back, but the 2025 season exposed the sharp limits of his remaining utility—he appeared in just three games, a stark downturn that signals either injury constraint or a complete loss of role within whatever organization gave him the opportunity. With minimal production in such a compressed sample, there is no statistical strength to highlight; the volume simply wasn't there to separate him from replacement-level contributors. The core weakness is straightforward: durability and availability. Edmonds can no longer stay on the field or earn consistent snap share, and at his age, that absence of availability is functionally a verdict on viability. As a journeyman veteran now in free agency without a contract, he faces the difficult reality that NFL rosters have moved past aging running backs with limited upside—his recent media presence stems entirely from off-field commentary about other players and teams, not from any expectation that he will recapture a meaningful role. Unless a team views him purely as a locker-room stabilizer or short-yardage specialist, Edmonds' window as an NFL contributor is effectively closed.

How Chase Compares at the Position

Chase Edmonds ranks 96th of 175 graded running backs by performance. That slots Chase between Kevin Harris (C) just ahead and Roschon Johnson (C-) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Chase Edmonds enters the 2026 offseason with a D+ sentiment grade, a sobering reflection of how sharply public and media perception has shifted for a 30-year-old running back navigating free agency without a contract on the table. The dominant narrative frames him as a journeyman depth piece — experienced enough to command some league attention, but firmly outside the conversation of teams building around a backfield. That perception is entirely consistent with his on-field production, where a performance grade of F and just three games played in the 2025 season signal that Edmonds is no longer a viable contributor at any meaningful level of an offense. What little media visibility he does retain comes not from playing highlights but from off-field activity — cautioning teams about draft prospects and making predictions about former teammates like Kyler Murray — which, while keeping his name circulating, actually reinforces the narrative of a player transitioning out of an active role rather than fighting for one. Recent headlines tell the real story: a veteran who remains engaged with the league but has no new deal, no team commitment, and limited leverage in a youth-driven market that has little patience for aging backs with minimal upside. The overall sentiment trajectory has been trending down over the last 30 days, and nothing on the horizon suggests a catalyst to reverse it — Edmonds is perceived as a professional who can still fill a roster spot, but the window for him to recapture any meaningful role is functionally closed.