LOS ANGELES — Coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned Monday that Los Angeles Chargers operating again Najee Harris has a season-ending Achilles tear.
Harris collapsed on a play-action play within the second quarter of the Chargers’ 23-20 win Sunday over the Denver Broncos.
“It is unlucky … he was actually taking part in good,” Harbaugh mentioned. “… Najee shall be again, I’ve little question about it.”
Harris, who signed as a free agent with the Chargers in March, landed on the non-football damage/sickness listing forward of coaching camp after a July 4 fireworks mishap that broken a watch.
He missed all of the Chargers’ coaching camp practices however was prepared for the start of the season. The Chargers had been rising Harris’ workload every week, and on Sunday he appeared on observe for his most carries and best recreation this season. He exited the sport with a team-leading six carries for 28 speeding yards.
Harris had by no means missed a recreation in his NFL profession, and his sturdiness is one cause he was engaging to the Chargers.
He rushed for 1,000 yards in every of his first 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His bodily fashion of operating is one Harbaugh covets, and having Harris to begin the season was seen as essential for this crew’s ceiling in 2025.
“It is at all times too robust to lose a brother like that,” quarterback Justin Herbert mentioned after the Broncos recreation. “And I feel you by no means wish to see that from any of your personal gamers or an opponent, and we’re wishing for the perfect.”
The Chargers will play the New York Giants in Week 4.