{"id":109533,"date":"2025-06-06T21:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/109533\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:21:10","slug":"texans-lb-christian-harris-expected-to-return-by-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/109533\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans LB Christian Harris Expected To Return By Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A calf injury suffered last summer led to an extended absence for Texans linebacker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HarrCh06.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-06_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christian Harris<\/a>.\u00a0After <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2024\/12\/texans-activate-lb-christian-harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">returning to the field<\/a> in time for the final five combined regular and postseason games of the 2024 campaign, an ankle injury cost him time this offseason. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_21936441-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-365235 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;margin: 15px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_21936441-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris has been recovering during voluntary workouts and OTAs. He is not expected to participate in on-field work during Houston\u2019s upcoming minicamp, but <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/sports\/2025\/06\/04\/why-texans-linebacker-christian-harris-is-currently-sidelined-how-hell-be-ready-to-roll-for-training-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KPCR2\u2032 Aaron Wilson reports<\/a> \u201csteady progress\u201d is being made in his recovery. As a result, the 24-year-old is set to receive full clearance in time for training camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, he\u2019s been here working, like he always is,\u201d\u00a0defensive coordinator\u00a0Matt Burke\u00a0said (via Wilson) when speaking about Harris\u2019 situation.\u00a0\u201cChristian has been doing his thing. All the guys are on different plans and routines. The goal is to get all these guys ready for camp, and he\u2019s on track to be there for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris was limited to 12 games as a rookie, but he flashed considerable potential while handling a heavy defensive workload. The former third-rounder saw a drop in snap share (to 71%) the following season but he remained a productive contributor on the team\u2019s defense with 101 stops, seven tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. Expectations were high entering the 2024 campaign as a result, but the calf stain cost Harris much of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama product\u2019s ability to return to full health this year will be key for team and player. Harris will look to earn a first-team gig while competing with incumbent\u00a0Henry To\u2019oTo\u2019o and free agent addition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SpeeEJ00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-06_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">E.J. Speed<\/a> for playin time during camp. In any combination, the second level of Houston\u2019s defense will be counted on to remain strong in 2025. Harris playing a big role in that respect would set him up well in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>The coming season represents the final one of his rookie contract. A productive campaign would boost Harris\u2019 stock on a second Texans pact or one sending him to a new team, and he should be at full strength well in advance of Week 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A calf injury suffered last summer led to an extended absence for Texans linebacker\u00a0Christian Harris.\u00a0After returning to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[23383,7,221,253,2368,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-109533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-christian-harris","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-houstontexans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114638519455614792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}