{"id":197655,"date":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/197655\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","slug":"chargers-rb-najee-harris-sustains-eye-injury-during-fourth-of-july-fireworks-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/197655\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers RB Najee Harris sustains eye injury during Fourth of July fireworks ‘mishap’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris<\/a> is expected to be ready for the NFL season after sustaining a “superficial” eye injury during a Fourth of July fireworks mishap, his agent said in a statement via ESPN’s Adam Schefter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cNajee Harris was present at a 4th of July event where a fireworks mishap resulted in injuries to several attendees. Najee sustained a superficial eye injury during the incident, but is fully expected to be ready for the upcoming NFL season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Per The Mercury News<\/a>, the incident occurred at 12:20 a.m. on July 5 in Harris’ hometown of Antioch, California, with a firework explosion injuring multiple people. Harris was reportedly hospitalized going first to John Muir Hospital in Concord then to Stanford Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

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The mishap will undoubtedly draw comparisons to the incident that cost star pass-rusher Jason Pierre-Paul parts of multiple fingers on the Fourth of July in 2015, but this one fortunately appears to be less serious.<\/p>\n

Antioch police told The Mercury News on Thursday they were still investigating the incident and had no other comment. Rumors of a serious eye injury had been previously circulating online, with the statement from Harris’ agent apparently aiming to tamp down concern.<\/p>\n

While Harris will reportedly be ready for the season, it’s unclear if the injury will affect his preparation for the season. Chargers training camp starts July 17.<\/p>\n

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Harris signed a one-year, $9.5 million deal with the Chargers this spring<\/a>, ending a four-season tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. He projects to be the new lead back in a run-heavy Chargers offense with first-round rookie Omarion Hampton<\/a>, selected 22nd overall, right behind him.<\/p>\n

Harris was an iron man for the Steelers, playing 17 games and posting at least 1,000 rushing yards in all four seasons with them. The former first-round pick made a Pro Bowl in his rookie season, though questions about his efficiency prevented him from breaking through as a true star in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris is expected to be ready for the NFL season after sustaining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[4191,42459,7,42458,11533,262,42460,4125,288,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-197655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-eye-injury","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-fourth-of-july-fireworks","12":"tag-jason-pierre-paul","13":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","14":"tag-mercury-news","15":"tag-najee-harris","16":"tag-omarion-hampton","17":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114832213670994927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197655","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=197655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}