{"id":247252,"date":"2025-09-22T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247252\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T21:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:33:13","slug":"los-angeles-rb-najee-harris-out-for-season-with-achilles-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/247252\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles RB Najee Harris out for season with Achilles injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/86287086007-davis-3-2236620829.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NFL Week 3 overreactions<\/p>\n<p>USA Today&#8217;s Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the biggest NFL storylines from Week 3.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Seriously<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris is out for the season after tearing his Achilles.<\/li>\n<li>Harris suffered the non-contact injury during the team&#8217;s Week 3 victory over the Denver Broncos.<\/li>\n<li>Rookie Omarion Hampton will continue in his role as the Chargers&#8217; starting running back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/nfl\/los-angeles-chargers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Chargers\u2019<\/a> initial fears were confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Running back Najee Harris tore his Achilles and is out for the season, according to Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/09\/21\/chargers-rb-najee-harris-questionable-to-return-with-ankle-injury\/86284078007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">suffered the Achilles injury<\/a> during the second quarter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\/2025\/09\/21\/los-angeles-chargers-3-0-nfl\/86286213007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Chargers\u2019 23-20 Week 3 victory against the Denver Broncos<\/a>. He went down with a non-contact injury in the backfield during a pass play and immediately grabbed his lower leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers initially ruled him out of the game with an ankle injury but Harbaugh updated Harris\u2019 diagnosis after Sunday\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 injury puts an end to his impressive streak of playing in all of the first 71 regular-season games of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth-year running back was initially drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft. He started 68 straight regular-season games for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers signed Harris in March. He sustained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2025\/07\/10\/najee-harris-fireworks-eye-injury-chargers\/84542879007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">superficial eye injury<\/a> during a fireworks accident during the offseason. The injury caused him to miss all of training camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omarion Hampton to continue role as starting running back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rookie is the top running back on the Chargers\u2019 depth chart. He\u2019s started the first three games of the season. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hampton is coming off the best game of his young career in which he produced 129 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown during the Chargers&#8217; Week 3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels amazing to go out there with the guys and get a win,\u201d Hampton said to USA TODAY Sports after the win versus Denver. \u201cI feel like we all executed well and played to the last whistle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-yard rushing touchdown Hampton scored Sunday was the first of his career. The Chargers 2025 first-round pick running back told USA TODAY Sports the Chargers saved the football from the rushing TD for him.<\/p>\n<p>With Harris out for the remainder of the season, the Chargers are hoping Hampton builds on his Week 3 performance and reaches paydirt a lot more this season.<\/p>\n<p>Follow USA TODAY Sports&#8217; Tyler Dragon on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTylerDragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@TheTylerDragon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Week 3 overreactions USA Today&#8217;s Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the biggest NFL storylines from Week 3. 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