{"id":323831,"date":"2025-08-28T08:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:07:10","slug":"najee-harris-injury-update-major-change-emerges-in-los-angeles-chargers-rbs-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323831\/","title":{"rendered":"Najee Harris injury update: Major change emerges in Los Angeles Chargers RB’s status"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putting together their roster, the Los Angeles Chargers made a surprising decision. Running back Najee Harris<\/a> was placed on the 53-man roster instead of the non-football injury list. Questions have been asked about Harris\u2019 status for Week 1 against the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n

We possibly got closer to an answer on Wednesday. Harris was spotted back in practice, wearing a yellow jersey and running a route. In the video captured by Daniel Popper of The Athletic, there was no contact involving Harris.<\/p>\n

Either way, a positive sign for the Chargers just over a week before the season opener. You can check out the full clip from Popper, posted on X, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harris was considered a nice offseason pick-up for the Chargers this offseason. His time with the Pittsburgh Steelers came to an end after being a first-round selection of the franchise. Maybe needing a change of scenery, Harris getting to play under head coach\u00a0Jim Harbaugh<\/a>\u00a0brought some excitement.<\/p>\n

This remained true even when the Chargers decided to draft\u00a0Omarion Hampton<\/a>\u00a0out of\u00a0North Carolina<\/a>\u00a0in the 2025 NFL Draft. A nice one-two veteran-rookie punch could be formed in Los Angeles with Harris and Hampton.<\/p>\n

More on Najee Harris with the Los Angeles Chargers<\/p>\n

Harris was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round. The two decided to part ways after four years, not even having the fifth-year option picked up by the team. After hitting the market, Harris made his way out West \u2014 not too far from where he grew up.<\/p>\n

In 68 career games, Harris has rushed for 4,312 yards and 28 touchdowns on 1,097 carries. This leads to him averaging 3.9 yards per carry, a number everyone in Los Angeles will be hoping to see increase beginning in 2025.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, the injury brings up questions about his availability for the team\u2019s Week 1 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs. Yes, a divisional game but the two teams will be traveling to Brazil to play each other \u2014 quite a far distance from their usual showdowns.<\/p>\n

Getting back on the practice field is as good of a signal we can have right now. Plenty of time separates us from now and the Sept. 5 kickoff, just over a week. The Chargers will want to make sure Harris is completely ready to go for the game, especially since a long flight will take place across for them into Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Putting together their roster, the Los Angeles Chargers made a surprising decision. Running back Najee Harris was placed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,42342,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-323831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangeleschargers","14":"tag-najee-harris-17-antioch","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115105368956720058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323831","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=323831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}