India, Dec. 28 -- The Los Angeles Chargers and Justin Herbert will be without top RB Kimani Vidal against the Houston Texans on Saturday. The team said that the 24-year-old is inactive following his Week 16 neck injury. This comes after Vidal was initially listed as questionable and had logged one limited practice session this week.

His absence will surely hurt the Chargers, who lost Najee Harris and Omarion Hampton to injuries early in the season. The latter is now back and might have to take the majority of the workload.

This season, Kimani Vidal has 152 carries for 631 yards and three touchdowns to his name. He is averaging 4.2 yards per carry. In the passing game, he has 15 receptions on 21 targets for 138 yards and a TD.

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