Happy Halloween from Jacory Croskey-Merritt, the Washington Commanders rookie running back affectionately known as Bill.
Washington's rookies had to wear Halloween costumes on Friday, and JCM broke out a good one.
He's Superman.
The vets told the rookies they had to dress up for Halloween. pic.twitter.com/NA9JS2FWcZ
— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) October 31, 2025MORE: Matt LaFleur gives some NSFW thoughts on Halloween
Commanders fans and JCM's fantasy managers are hoping he can be super on Sunday, too.
The Commanders have a big game Sunday night against the Seattle Seahawks. At just 3-5, Washington really needs a win to feel like it's still in contention ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline.
Croskey-Merritt's rise to top running back for the Commanders has already been quite super. He only played one game in his final college season due to an odd NCAA eligibility ruling, then was a seventh-round pick by Washington.
But early in the summer, JCM had started to grow his own hype, and now he's RB1.
Croskey-Merritt is coming off two relatively quiet weeks (13 for 33, 9 for 25 on the ground).
For the season, he has 82 runs for 402 yards and four scores, which works out to 4.9 yards per carry.
Generally, Croskey-Merritt seems to make the most of the space provided for him by his line. Washington will need the rookie to do a super job of that in Week 9 to propel the Commanders toward a strong second half of the season.
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