HOUSTON – There is clarity on Texans Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon due to a non-football injury situation described as “tough and complicated” by league sources.

Mixon will miss at least the first four games of the regular season as he will be officially shifted from the active non-football injury list to the reserve-non-football injury list, the team announced. He can begin to practice and play after the fourth game of the season. Mixon is dealing with a foot-ankle issue suffered working out away from the football team this offseason.

“We will provide further updates at an appropriate time,” the team said in a statement.

Mixon got hurt away from the Texans with him progressing from a being in a walking boot, to wearing a lace-up brace to having increased mobility over the summer to,

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