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Chiefs center Mitch Morse ruled out for Saturday’s playoff game

Chiefs rookie center Mitch Morse (left) will miss Saturday’s playoff game.
Chiefs rookie center Mitch Morse (left) will miss Saturday’s playoff game. deulitt@kcstar.com

Center Mitch Morse will miss the Chiefs’ AFC wild-card playoff game Saturday at Houston because of a concussion.

Morse was listed as out by the Chiefs on their injury report Friday. The rookie from Missouri had started 15 of 16 games this season. He missed a game earlier in the season because of a concussion. Zach Fulton likely will start in Morse’s place.

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Listed as questionable for the Chiefs: safety Husain Abdullah (concussion), outside linebackers Tamba Hali (thumb) and Dee Ford (concussion).

Abdullah and Ford were listed as full practice participants on Friday, Hali a limited participant.

For the Texans, outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney was listed as questionable because of foot injury.

Blair Kerkhoff: 816-234-4730, @BlairKerkhoff

This story was originally published January 8, 2016 at 6:54 PM with the headline "Chiefs center Mitch Morse ruled out for Saturday’s playoff game."

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