INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 Los Angeles Chargers receiver Quentin Johnston left the SoFi Stadium field on a cart after taking a big hit on the third play of a preseason game Saturday.<\/p>\n
Johnston has a concussion, coach Jim Harbaugh said after\u00a0the Chargers\u2019 23-22 loss\u00a0to the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n
Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston was taken off the field with an injury during a preseason game against the Rams on Aug. 16, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Johnston was hit by the Rams\u2019 Tanner Ingle during the preseason clash. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Johnston took a hard hit from Rams safety Tanner Ingle during the game\u2019s opening series while running a deep route down the Rams\u2019 sideline for a pass from Justin Herbert.<\/p>\n
Johnston landed flat on his back with both arms outstretched, staying motionless for several moments. The Rams\u2019 medical staff rushed to him first and immediately signaled for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuentin suffered a concussion, and that\u2019s never a good thing,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cBut the way it looked there at the time, looked like it could have a been a lot worse. And he was taken (to a hospital) for more evaluation, but he was talking. He remembered the play. He was moving good. So in that way, it\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Medical staff tended to Quentin Johnston during the Rams-Chargers preseason game on Aug. 16, 2025. MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n
He stood up from the injury. Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Players from both teams knelt while medical personnel tended to Johnston, the Chargers\u2019 first-round pick out of TCU in 2023. Johnston eventually moved his arms and legs and sat up before standing under his own power and walking to the cart that took him off the field.<\/p>\n
Quentin Johnston is expected to start for the Chargers this season. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Johnston had 55 catches for 711 yards and eight touchdowns last season. He is expected to start for the Chargers this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 Los Angeles Chargers receiver Quentin Johnston left the SoFi Stadium field on a cart after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[61629,6337,349,99],"class_list":["post-90204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-concussions","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}