Chargers' Najee Harris (eye) likely to start camp on NFI list - ESPN

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris, who sustained an eye injury in a fireworks mishap July 4, will likely begin training camp on the non-football injury/illness list, general manager Joe Hortiz said Wednesday.

If Harris ends up on the NFI list, Hortiz said he doesn't expect the stay to be long.

«Nothing is set in stone,» Hortiz said.

If Harris is placed on the NFI list, he can return to practice when cleared by the team. If he remains on the list after roster cutdown, he will have to miss at least the first four games of the regular season.

Multiple people were injured and a friend of Harris lost fingers during the Fourth of July incident. Harris' agent, Doug Hendrickson, said that his client's injury is «superficial» and that the running back is expected to be ready for the upcoming season.

Hortiz has talked to Harris, but he and the Chargers' medical staff have yet to see the extent of his injury.

As veterans reported to training camp Wednesday, Harris was still in the Bay Area seeing doctors at Stanford, with whom he has been working for the past two weeks. Hortiz said Chargers director of player health and performance Marco Zucconi is in regular contact with Harris' doctors in the Bay Area after each appointment and that «everything that's been relayed to us has been positive.»

Hortiz said Harris will report to camp Wednesday evening and the Chargers will then determine his status. The Chargers begin training camp practice Thursday.

«Surface-level injury,» Hortiz said. «Obviously around the eye, so I'm sure there's bruising and all that. We haven't seen him, so we'll get more clarity when he gets in here and our doctors see him.»

Hortiz grouped Harris with wide receiver Mike Williams,