Disappearing Franchise player

Austin Ekeler disappeared when I made it to the playoffs in franchise mode as head coach. They're still on the team. Still in the depth chart. Not injured. But for some reason it has the backups in and the starters wont take the field.  

When I try to select the play by player all the plays are just non existent. 

Franchise mode messed up year two in a row. Just dumped hours into this one and just quit bc I cant even play my starters. RIP thanks EA (not my photos but same exact issue) -fatigue mode is also off