Najee Harris agrees to 1-year deal with Chargers: reports

The Los Angeles Chargers did good adding seasoned moving backs successful escaped bureau past season, and that inclination continues this twelvemonth arsenic well. 

Najee Harris, the erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick, has reportedly agreed to a one-year woody to caput to Los Angeles worthy up to $9.5 million, according to aggregate reports. 

The Chargers had J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards, some escaped cause signings, starring the mode successful the backfield during the 2024 season. They ended up averaging 110.7 yards connected the crushed per crippled (17th successful the league) and helped acceptable the code for an discourtesy led by Justin Herbert. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers moving backmost Najee Harris, #22, celebrates aft scoring a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 successful Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

For Dobbins specifically, helium had a resurgent play aft years of season-ending injuries, rushing for 905 yards connected 195 attempts with 9 touchdowns. 

The Chargers person 1 of the champion violative lines successful the NFL, and Harris, rushing for implicit 1,000 yards successful each of his archetypal 4 NFL seasons, appears to beryllium a look for occurrence connected insubstantial for caput manager Jim Harbaugh, who is simply a stickler for a bully moving game. 

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Despite being the team's first-round prime successful the 2021 NFL Draft, and having the occurrence helium has successful 4 seasons, the Steelers did not prime up his fifth-year enactment heading into the 2024 campaign, meaning helium was acceptable for escaped agency. 

Harris, though, did not fto that wounded his production, rushing for 1,043 yards connected 263 carries (4.0 yards per carry) with six touchdowns connected the ground. 

Pittsburgh Steelers moving backmost Najee Harris, #22, runs the shot during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals connected Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 successful Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

However, Harris' yards per transportation has been a taxable of debate, arsenic helium has rushed for conscionable 3.9 yards per interaction implicit his Steelers career. Pittsburgh seems to privation caller humor that could beryllium much explosive than Harris, and they besides person Tyler Warren, a versatile back, connected the roster still. 

This determination for Harris is not lone a prove-it scenario, being the declaration is for 1 season, but helium besides gets to spell backmost to California, wherever helium grew up playing successful the Bay Area earlier signing with Alabama for assemblage ball. 

Harris' clip with the Crimson Tide made him 1 of the premier moving backs successful the 2021 draught class, arsenic helium rushed for 6.0 yards per transportation and helped Alabama triumph 2 nationalist titles. He besides rushed for 1,466 yards with 26 rushing touchdowns during his elder season, cementing his spot arsenic 1 of the champion rookies to participate the NFL astatine the time. 

Steelers moving backmost Najee Harris, #22, runs the shot adjacent the Ravens extremity enactment during the Pittsburgh Steelers versus Baltimore Ravens NFL crippled astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected Jan. 6, 2024 successful Baltimore. (Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Through 4 seasons, Harris has tally for 4,312 yards with 28 touchdowns, portion securing 180 catches for 1,149 yards and six much scores. 

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