Najee Harris will start coaching camp on the non-football harm/sickness (NFI) listing after struggling a fireworks-related harm on the Fourth of July, the Los Angeles Chargers introduced Thursday.
Chargers common supervisor Joe Horitz informed reporters on Wednesday that it was doubtless the veteran working again would find yourself on the NFI listing. Nevertheless, Horitz is anticipating Harris to return sooner reasonably than later.
“Nothing is about in stone,” Hortiz mentioned of Harris’ standing.
After a number of days of web hypothesis and rumors, Harris’ agent, Doug Hendrickson, confirmed that he suffered a “superficial eye harm” throughout a fireworks mishap on the Fourth of July, in a press release launched on July 10.
Harris has obtained therapy from docs at Stanford Well being Care and has remained within the Bay Space because the incident occurred in Antioch, California, Horitz shared. Regardless that the Chargers have but to see Harris for the reason that incident, Horitz said that they have been in touch and every thing Harris’ docs have informed the group has been “optimistic.”
The Chargers can take away Harris from the NFI listing as soon as he is medically cleared to return. Nevertheless, he’ll should miss the primary 4 video games of the common season if he is nonetheless on the listing when groups are mandated to chop their rosters all the way down to 53 gamers in late August.
Hendrickson mentioned that Harris is anticipated to be “absolutely prepared” for the 2025 season.
Harris was one in every of 5 individuals injured within the incident, in line with the Contra Costa Hearth Safety District. A good friend of Harris’ misplaced his fingers within the mishap, ESPN later reported.
The Chargers signed Harris to a one-year contract price $5.25 million in assured cash in March. The 27-year-old spent the primary 4 seasons of his profession with the Pittsburgh Steelers, dashing for a minimum of 1,000 yards every year. Los Angeles additionally drafted North Carolina working again Omarion Hampton with its first-round choose within the 2025 NFL Draft, reshaping its backfield after a playoff look in 2024.
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