The Texans are starting the season without Joe Mixon.

The star running back will miss at least the first four games after the team announced Monday that Mixon will be placed on the reserve/non-football injury list at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Tuesday is the day NFL teams have to cut down their rosters to 53 players.

Joe Mixon of the Houston Texans runs the ball in for a touchdown during the second quarter of the Jets and Houston Texans game in East Rutherford, NJ. Bill Kostroun/New York Post

Mixon has been out with a foot injury that occurred when he was not with the team in the spring, and he hasn’t taken part in offseason activities, training camp practices or preseason games.

He started training camp on the active/NFI list, and his placement on it for the start of the season means he’s i

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